The Ag-Busnet Archive

From April 2000 through August 2002, Ag-Busnet was Steve Sutter's distribution list for brief articles, news, and time-sensitive notices on such topics as payroll tax, safety compliance, services for growers and workers, and proposed or enacted legislation. Previous notes on topics indicated below are accessible in monthly compilations. Click on a month to browse the corresponding compilation file, or click in the "contents" section at top of the file to reach a specific item of interest. To join Steve's new list, email him, including your name, organization, city, and state. Click here for information about discussion networks that focus on personnel management topics and related issues in agriculture.

July-August 2002 -- First Aid Kit Question . . . SSA Phone Number . . . FLC License Verification Reminder . . . Potential Bracero Payment? . . . Newly Arrived Worker Dies of Heat Stress . . . $7,000 Poster?

April-June 2002 -- Private Applicators May Now Train Any Field Worker . . . Reader Questions - Including AB 423 . . . Re: What Does "Suitably Cool" Mean? . . . Continued Interest in H-2A . . . Farm Labor Vehicle Stickers? . . . Physicians Guide Located

January-March 2002 -- California's Lactation Accommodation . . . ALRA Question . . . Dairy Job Descriptions . . . SSA Inspector Looking at Agriculture . . . Farm Labor Vehicle Instructor Update . . . Pesticide Drift Rules to Tighten? . . . Field Sanitation and Checklists . . . FLC Classes . . . Timely Note From SSA

November-December 2001 -- DPR Exam Schedule - 2002 . . . A Pesticide Question . . . Dairy Safety Paycheck Stuffer

August-October 2001 -- FLC "Federation" Formed . . . Child Labor Rules in Spanish . . . Wage Order Questions Crop Up . . . HR and National Emergencies . . . Immigration News . . . Free Payroll Tax Seminars . . . "Potable" Water . . . Abundance of Posters Publication . . . More Help on Bonus Overtime . . . Small Farm Survival Talk . . . News Item - AB423 . . . Question RE: Irrigator Travel . . . New Farm Labor Bus Driver Instructor Guide

June-July 2001 -- Contractors Trying to Change Negative Image . . . "Field Talk" - A New Newsletter . . . Tipp Inspection Protocol . . . Child Labor Question . . . Reporting Work-Connected Injuries in California . . . Documents Illustrated by FELS . . . Bad SSNs and Workers Comp Section 132a

May 2001 -- Split Shifts, Maximum Daily Hours and Meal Period . . . IRS -- A New Focus . . . Details on Reporting Time Pay . . . Workers comp Notices to Employees . . . Computing Piece-Rate Overtime . . . Workers Pay Medical Treatment Out of Pocket? . . . Not All Employees Created Equal Re: Cell Phones . . . Sponsoring Farm Workers

April 2001 -- Meal and Rest Periods . . . Driver's License for Tractor Drivers? . . . ETA Form 750 and April 30 "Deadline" . . . Fieldworker Pesticide Safety Training . . . Update - FLCs and Worker Transportation . . . Weeding Tools Must be 4 Feet in Length

March 2001 -- Guides for Pesticide Handlers Booklet . . . Records Retention . . . Eye Protection at Issue in Cal/OSHA Case . . . Salvadoran Immigrants . . . Day Haulers Targeted? . . . INS Responds . . . Pesticide Injury Trends Mixed

February 2001 -- Pre-Employment Inquiry . . . Meal and Other Breaks - and the AgShip . . . Workers Comp Cost Per Injury . . . Chem Labels and MSDSs

January 2001 -- WPS Train the Trainer. . . Amnesty It's Not -- But. . . Supervisor Drug/Alcohol Training. . . Payment on Layoff. . . INS LIFE Act is Not Amnesty. . . Providing I-9 to EDD Voluntary. . . Are They (Cal/OSHA) Headed This Way?

December 2000 -- Reader Spots Fake SSN Card. . . SSA Has E-mail Newsletter. . . First Aid Training in Agriculture . . . Pesticide Workers and Environmental Concerns. . . Vacation Pay and Diesel Engines. . . Employee Savings Deductions

November 2000 -- Electronic and EDD Booklet DE 2515s Available . . .Employee Housing Versus Pay . . . School Pesticide Notification to Parents . . . Agriculture in an E-Commerce World . . .California Agricultural Wage Orders and Overtime Rules . . . Ag Employer Wage Surveys . . . A Farm Worker Transportation Solution

October 2000 -- Contractor Reporting . . . Safety Bulletin re: Meth . . . More Pesticide Safety Resources Available . . . Another Legislative Year Completed

September 2000 -- US Wage and Hour Form 521 . . . Independent Contractor Reporting Update . . . Regulaciones Federales (Federal Regulations)

August 2000 -- Nicarauguan - Honduran Temporary Protected Status Extended . . . Rounding Out Prop 65 . . . EDDs Voice of the Fields . . . Sexual Harrassment Can Be Costly - Have a Policy . . . New USDA Farm Labor Booklet Available . . . EDD's DE 2515 . . . Prop 65 - What To Do . . . Medical Evaluation for Respirator Use in Pesticide Application . . . Hot Update on SSA's W-2 Mag Media Rejects . . . "10-Year Green Card" Renewals Continue

July 2000 -- Independent Contractor Reporting . . . Name/SNN Mismatch . . . Family Medical Leave . . . SSNs and Child Support . . . SSA and INS "Interaction" . . . Sample Transportation Notice . . . California Labor Fines . . . IRS Penalty Notices . . . Policing your Carpools

June 2000 -- Avian Biosecurity . . . I-9s in Personnel Files? . . . I-9 Reverification -- Seasonal Exception . . . if Employee has Hepatitis C . . . Policy for Avian Biosecurity . . . State License Application Form . . . Info on FLC Registration . . . Fresno County on Pesticide Complaints . . . Van Driver Education Advice . . . Managing Pesticide Drift . . . When Worker Reports Hepatitis C . . . Agricultural Research Service Newslink. . . CA Pesticide Penalty Report Online . . . Guide to Agricultural Heat Stress . . . Kit for Small Ag Employers . . . Educating Van Drivers

April-May 2000 -- Child Support Orders . . . Hazardous Microbes in Produce . . . DSLE Licensing . . . "Farm Labor Bus Inspection" Video . . . Fresno Meeting with EDD's Director . . . Immigration Control . . . Hiring a Farm Labor Contactor . . . Mailing Address for WPS Blue Card Requests