2010 Health Care Reform

A large part of the news in the Spring of 2010 was about the new health care law. Do you know what you need to know? Is your business included? What are the requirements? When do they go into effect?

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Electronic Employment Verification

E-Verify is a federal system designed to verify the accuracy of worker documents, and may be part of immigration reform. Find out what it is and how it works by clicking on the two documents below.

Electronic Employment Verification
E-Verify

Employer/Contractor Responsibility of Migrant Workers

Do you employ migrant workers (regularly or for a short period of time? (Ro do you work with a third party company that provides the workers to you?

Do you know that you may have as much responsibility for those workers as the third party company does? It is commonly referred to as “Joint Employment.”

Attached is an article written jointly by workers and growers lawyers. They agree that growers should be well informed about the laws.

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Labor Audits and Raids

Are you prepared if the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) comes to your business to conduct an audit or raid?  What about the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or the Department of Labor (DOL)?

Did you know that you, as an employer have certain rights and those agencies have to follow procedures?

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Labor Audits and Raids
How Do You Respond When ICE Shows Up At Your Business

Contacting Your Federal Legislators

Do you want to tell your State’s Senators or  your U.S. House Representative how you feel about an issue?  Do you want to support the legislative efforts of the NWA?

Well, you can, and easily. Simply click on the link below and follow the steps to send an email to your legislators. Let your voice be heard!

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2008 Farm Bill

Specialty Crop Farm Bill Highlights
Farm Bill Summary

Fruits and Vegetables added to WIC Program

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Compliance Guide for Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling

COOL Best Practices
COOL Compliance
COOL White Paper

A new PACA rule allows a buyers and sellers to extend payment past 30 days

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USDA put $158 million into the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program in the 2011-12 school year, an increase of $48 million compared with the 2010-11 school year.

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