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Staffing and Contracting


  • ADA Soon Coming Into Play
    James Severson, Stephen R. Sutter, and Howard R. Rosenberg, University of Calafornia, 1992

    On July 26, 1992, employment-related provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act took effect for organizations with 25 or more employees.
  • Ag Job Information for the Dictionary of Occupational Titles
    Agricultural Personnel Management Program, University of California

    The Dictionary of Occupational Titles was first published in 1939 to help address issues of training and education, career guidance and employment, counseling, job definition, and wage structuring.
  • Avoiding Sex Discrimination In and Out of the Packing Industry
    Michael J. Hogan, University of California, 1994

    It is important for employers throughout agriculture, not only in the packing industry, to recognize that gender does not dictate performance potential and to provide job opportunities on a sex-neutral basis.
  • DOL Ofers Nationwide Job Listings on the Web
    University of California

    America's Job Bank (AJB), a computerized network linking the 1,800 state Employment Service offices and maintained on the Internet by the U.S. Department of Labor, contains information on about 250,000 jobs, featuring listings from all state employment services as well as linking directly to corporate home pages and private placement services.
  • Good Discrimination in Hiring at a Dairy
    Gregory Encina Billikopf, University of California, 1998

    A systematic selection process can help in legally discriminating among poor, average, and superior applicants.
  • Contracting for Agricultural Construction
    Patrick Walsh and David W. Kammel, University of Wisconsin-Extension, 1990

    Faulty construction can threaten the farmer's economic well-being, and subject both parties to personal injury lawsuits, environmental damage or economic loss.
  • Hiring Non-Farm Dairy Personnel
    Jeffrey F. Keown, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension, 1992

    As the number of workers available with farm backgrounds continues to decrease, many producers are looking at non-farm background workers to meet their needs.
  • How to Write a Dairy Job Description
    Jeffrey F. Keown and Erin Marotz, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension, 1995

    On most dairy farms the employees can be grouped into three categories: herd managers, feeders or outdoor workers, and milkers.
  • Prepare to Avoid Trouble Under the Civil Rights Act of 1991
    National Council of Agricultural Employers, 1992

    The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) has been law since 1986. It has two main requirements of employers: (1) to hire only persons authorized to work in the United States and (2) to not discriminate on the basis of citizenship status or national origin.
  • Sample Contract between Farmer and Farm Labor Contractor
    Howard Rosenberg, University of California at Berkeley

    This Sample Agreement to Furnish Labor was adapted for educational use by Howard Rosenberg, University of California at Berkeley, from an original by Michael Hogan, of the firm Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff, Tichy, and Mathiason, Fresno office.

 

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