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COVID-19 and farm workers: How do we manage on the farm?

By GFM Network News March 16, 2020

Keeping up to date with COVID-19 details and recommended protocols is challenging for everyone at this time. CAHRC has created a dedicated web page with the latest information, recommendations, employee management tips, tools (posters, policies) and links to authorities. These details will help you respond to the pandemic and limit the impact and spread of […] Read more

Features, News

Hiring labour for your farm

Ask the right questions, tell people about the job, and make sure you’re on the same page

By Leeann Minogue March 12, 2020

At the Farm Forum Event in Saskatoon this winter, Leah Knibbs, a human resource management expert from Kn/a HR Consulting, gave farmers some tips on finding and keeping the right farm employee. Knibbs offered several pointers to use during job interviews. “The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour,” she said. When you’re asking […] Read more

General, Machinery

Alberta extends deadline again for farm trucker training

By GFM Network News July 4, 2019

Alberta farmers who want the Class 1 license needed to drive commercial-scale tractor trailers but haven’t yet met the new training requirements can now apply for another extension to do so. The provincial transportation department on Friday announced further extensions are now available for farmers and farm workers seeking Class 1 licenses and for school […] Read more

General

New Alberta labour standards for paid farm workers tabled

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 24, 2017

Waged farm workers in Alberta will be allowed to unionize and get new rules governing vacation pay and youth employment, under a provincial labour bill tabled Wednesday. The new rules are tucked into Bill 17, the Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act, which went through first reading Wednesday and, if passed, would take effect Jan. 1, […] Read more

General

Proposed labour rules for Alberta farms go public

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 6, 2017

The Alberta public will get about a month to speak its mind on proposed changes to provincial labour laws, with the goal of applying those changes to farms and ranches. The province on Monday released a pair of reports from technical working groups (TWGs) reviewing farm and ranch operations’ status under the Employment Standards Code […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

California first state to promise overtime to farmworkers

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 12, 2016

Sacramento | Reuters — California will become the first U.S. state to require farmers to pay overtime to field workers and fruit pickers under a bill signed Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. The bill would phase in overtime pay for farmworkers from 2019 to 2022. In an industry where a workweek during the harvest […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Globalized economy seen more susceptible to weather extremes

By GFM Network News June 13, 2016

Barcelona | Thomson Reuters Foundation — The globalization of the world’s economy this century has made it far more vulnerable to the impacts of extreme weather, including heat stress on workers, scientists said Friday. A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Columbia University showed production losses caused by high temperatures, predicted […] Read more

News

Supervising summer farm workers

If you’re putting summer students to work on your farm this  season, these five survival tips could make it easier for everyone

By Owen Peddie June 24, 2015

Summer workers provide much-needed support in a farm’s busy season. But if you have summer students in the fields — family or otherwise — it can be easy to overlook the need to share essential information about your expectations and your operation. Here are some key human resources tips to keep in mind before busy […] Read more

U.S. President Barack Obama works Wednesday on an upcoming immigration speech with speechwriting director Cody Keenan and senior presidential speechwriter David Litt. (Pete Souza photo courtesy WhiteHouse.gov)

Crops, Reuters

Obama to offer deportation relief to 250,000 farm workers, union says

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 20, 2014

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Barack Obama’s immigration reforms would lift the threat of deportation for at least 250,000 undocumented people who work on U.S. farms, Arturo Rodriguez, president of the United Farm Workers union, said Wednesday after meeting with Obama. “We were pleased to learn from the president today that at least 250,000 […] Read more

GFM Network News

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Tag Archives farm workers

COVID-19 and farm workers: How do we manage on the farm?

Hiring labour for your farm

Alberta extends deadline again for farm trucker training

New Alberta labour standards for paid farm workers tabled

Proposed labour rules for Alberta farms go public

California first state to promise overtime to farmworkers

Globalized economy seen more susceptible to weather extremes

Supervising summer farm workers

Obama to offer deportation relief to 250,000 farm workers, union says

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