Upcoming Trainings and Workshops
Labor seminars scheduled for Dec. 2 and 3 at Fresno County Farm Bureau
Two labor-related seminars sponsored by the Agricultural Personnel Management Association will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 2 and Thursday, Dec. 4 at the Fresno County Farm Bureau Conference Room, 1274 W. Hedges Ave., in Fresno.
The Dec. 2 seminar, “Responding to an Administrative Complaint, and Presenting Your Case to an Administrative Agency,” will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. FCFB is a co-sponsor of the seminar, which features Patrick S. Moody, of Barsamian & Moody, who will provide practical information about management of labor complaints, including compiling proper information, and presenting proper written responses. It will also offer advice on how to actually present a case to an administrative agency, including forming a case theme, preparing witnesses and arguing the case.
The Dec. 3 seminar, “Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace!” will begin at 2:15 p.m. and will feature Stacy R. Lucas, in the English-version presentation and Guadalupe Sandoval, in the Spanish presentation. (English and Spanish sessions will run concurrently.)
State law requires that employers with 50 or more employees to provide two hours of sexual harassment prevention training and education to all supervisory employees once every two years by a competent trainer. Participating in this training will comply with the state law and the recently revised Training Regulations, which became effective in February 2007.
The cost of each seminar is $45 for APMA members; $65 for non-members. Company discounts are available for three or more attendees from the same company. To RSVP or for more information, contact Julia Belliard, of APMA, at (831) 422-8023 or email: apma20@pacbell.net.
Workshops on labor rules/regulations scheduled for December, January
Educational and training workshops to help agricultural employers avoid labor violations will be held in Visalia and Fresno during December and January.
The workshops are sponsored by the Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition, which includes Cal/OSHA, CA Employment Development Department, CA Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and U.S. Department of Labor agencies that carry out targeted enforcement sweeps. The Employment Coalition is partnering with local agricultural organizations to conduct the workshops to help farm employers understand the regulations and to avoid penalties for not knowing the myriad rules and regulations.
The workshops will take place on:
Thursday, Dec. 3; 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Tulare County Farm Bureau
737 N Ben Maddox Way
Visalia, CA 93292
RSVP: (559) 732-8301Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010; 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Fresno County Farm Bureau
1274 W. Hedges
Fresno, CA 93728
RSVP: (559) 237-0263