California law requires employers with 5 or more employees to provide not only two hours of sexual harassment and abusive conduct prevention training to supervisors, but also a 1-hour training to all nonsupervisory employees. This training must be completed by January 1, 2020.

The Western Agricultural Processors Association and California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association, in partnership with AgSafe, are providing Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Webinars.

Employers must provide training to temporary and seasonal employees, as well as any employee who is hired to work for less than six months. The training must occur within 30 calendar days after the hire date or within 100 hours worked, whichever comes first.

1 – HOUR SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION NON-SUPERVISORY TRAINING
Cost: Each registered participant will be issued an electronic certificate of 
completion. 
$25 per attendee | WAPA and CCGGA Members
$20 per attendee if registering 5 or more | WAPA and CCGGA Members

SPANISH CLASSES
September 6, 2019 | 6:00am – 7:00am 
September 17, 2019 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm
September 20, 2019 | 6:00am – 7:00am 
October 18, 2109 | 9:00am – 10:00am

ENGLISH CLASSES
September 20, 2019 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm
October 18, 2019 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm

2 – HOUR SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION SUPERVISOR TRAINING
Cost: Each registered participant will be issued an electronic certificate of 
completion. 
$50 per attendee | WAPA and CCGGA Members

SPANISH CLASSES
September 9, 2019 | 8:00am – 10:00am
September 13, 2019 | 8:00am – 10:00am
September 23, 2019 | 8:00am – 10:00am

ENGLISH CLASS
September 13, 2019 | 12:00pm – 2:00pm

To register for Webinars, please visit: http://www.agsafe.org/wapa-ccgga-sexual-harassment-prevention-training-2/

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Pink Bollworm Program has released its report for monitoring Silverleaf Whitefly. The program monitored for whitefly and other cotton pests from August 12, 2019 to August 23, 2019. For the full report, please follow the button link below:

Silverleaf Whitefly Monitoring Report

Below is information regarding the deadline to train on sexual harassment courtesy of The Saqui Law Group, a division of Dowling Aaron Incorporated.
Written by Adrian Hoppes

Last year, the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 1343 cascaded the requirement for sexual harassment training to all California employers with 5 or more employees. Prior to SB 1343, sexual harassment training was only required for California employers with 50 or more employees, and limited to supervisory personnel, requiring two hours of sexual harassment training within six months of hire, then every two years thereafter.

SB 1343 required all California employer with 5 or more employees, including temporary or seasonal employees, to provide at least 2 hours of sexual harassment training to all supervisory employees and at least one hour of sexual harassment training to all nonsupervisory employees by January 1, 2020. SB 1343 included no grace period for employers who completed the training in 2018, as required, and there was little direction from the Department of Fair Employment and Housing on how an employer could meet this commitment since the Department was allowing themselves most of 2019 to develop a training plan to roll out to employers.

Governor Newsom listened to the cries for help from employers and signed SB 778 which went into effect immediately on August 30th. The new legislation pushes back the deadline for training nonsupervisory employees until January 1, 2021. In addition, SB 778 clarified that any supervisory employee who received training in 2018 or 2019 as required under the prior law, could remain compliant if supervisors continue with the training biannually.

COUNSEL TO MANAGEMENT:

Although a win for employers, SB 778 only provides a reprieve of time for employers. The requirement to train all employees is still in effect and employers should not sit on their laurels for the next year. The law provides specific details regarding requirements of content, duration, frequency, training methods and trainer qualifications. If you have any questions about moving forward to ensure your company is compliant with SB 1343, contact the experts at the Saqui Law Group, a division of Dowling Aaron Incorporated.

Join us at the farm of Gary and Mari Martin in Mendota, CA, September 13th, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM to learn about local investigations in the SJV of management impacts on soil health and GHG emissions. We’ll also plan new farmer info sharing network.

California law requires employers with 5 or more employees to provide not only two hours of sexual harassment and abusive conduct prevention training to supervisors, but also a 1-hour training to all nonsupervisory employees. This training must be completed by January 1, 2020.

The Western Agricultural Processors Association and California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association, in partnership with AgSafe, are providing Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Webinars.

Employers must provide training to temporary and seasonal employees, as well as any employee who is hired to work for less than six months. The training must occur within 30 calendar days after the hire date or within 100 hours worked, whichever comes first.

1 – HOUR SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION NON-SUPERVISORY TRAINING

Cost: Each registered participant will be issued an electronic certificate of
completion. 
$25 per attendee | WAPA and CCGGA Members
$20 per attendee if registering 5 or more | WAPA and CCGGA Members

SPANISH CLASSES
September 6, 2019 | 6:00am – 7:00am 
September 17, 2019 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm
September 20, 2019 | 6:00am – 7:00am 
October 18, 2109 | 9:00am – 10:00am

ENGLISH CLASSES
September 20, 2019 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm
October 18, 2019 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm

2 – HOUR SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION SUPERVISOR TRAINING

Cost: Each registered participant will be issued an electronic certificate of
completion. 
$50 per attendee | WAPA and CCGGA Members

SPANISH CLASSES
September 9, 2019 | 8:00am – 10:00am
September 13, 2019 | 8:00am – 10:00am
September 23, 2019 | 8:00am – 10:00am

ENGLISH CLASS
September 13, 2019 | 12:00pm – 2:00pm

To register for Webinars, please visit: http://www.agsafe.org/wapa-ccgga-sexual-harassment-prevention-training-2/

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Pink Bollworm Program has released its report for monitoring Silverleaf Whitefly. The program monitored for whitefly and other cotton pests from July 29, 2019 to August 9, 2019. For the full report, please follow the button link below:

Silverleaf Whitefly Monitoring Report

The Pink Bollworm Program under the California Department of Food and Agriculture has released their final mapped numbers for 2019, including the Pima and Upland acreage splits. Final acreage numbers for California put Pima at 203,235 acres and Upland at 56,122 acres for a total of 259,357 acres statewide. This represents a 3% decrease in Pima acreage and a 17% increase in upland acreage as compared to 2018.  This represents a 0.5% increase in overall cotton acreage for 2019.

After several months, Governor Gavin Newsom has finally named a new Cal/OSHA Chief in Douglas Parker.  Parker, has been the executive director of the Oakland worker advocacy group Worksafe since 2016.  He is an attorney and has a long resume in occupational safety and health.  He is a former assistant to the late Minnesota senator Paul Wellstone, then worked in press operations for the Democratic National Committee before and during the Clinton administration.  He was a staff attorney for the United Mine Workers of America in the late 1990s, and during most of the 2000s was a partner at the Mooney, Green, Baker & Saindon law firm.   He was formerly a senior policy advisor and special assistant at the Mine Safety and Health Administration and served as assistant secretary of labor for MSHA from 2014 to 2015.  He replaces Juliann Sum, who retired earlier this year.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Pink Bollworm Program has released its report for monitoring Silverleaf Whitefly. The program monitored for whitefly and other cotton pests from July 15, 2019 to July 26, 2019. For the full report, please follow the button link below:

Silverleaf Whitefly Monitoring Report

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Pink Bollworm Program have released the preliminary acreages for most of the cotton growing counties in California for 2019.  The breakdown is as follows:

The grand total of 261,327 acres statewide is up slightly from 257,820 acres statewide in 2018.  It is too early for the Pink Bollworm Program to confirm Pima/Upland splits, but current estimates put the split at 77%/23%, but we will wait for CDFA to confirm what was actually planted.