Labor costs for hired workers account for 12 percent of production expenses for all farms, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture.
As of April 2023, farms and ranches employed 651,000 workers, up 5 percent from 2022 according to the USDA’s Farm Labor report, which is a biannual report sharing data on the farmworker labor force.
Brandon Davis, partner at Phelps Dunbar LLP, will discuss farm labor law and its importance to ag employers in a National Ag Law Center webinar on Aug. 9.
Considering the substantial cost of farm labor and sheer number of farmworkers, it is crucial for employers to understand farm labor law to have an effective farm or ranch operation.
“One of the most rapidly changing fields of law is labor and employment law that applies in the agricultural context,” Brandon Davis, partner at Phelps Dunbar LLP, said. “Agricultural employers are now finding new ways to operate large and small businesses that support the global food supply chain. Regulations concerning the terms and conditions of employment, wages, labor supply shortages, immigration reform, foreign investment in agricultural lands and OSHA compliance are rapidly changing issues that impact agricultural employment.”
OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal entity charged with regulating workplace conditions.
Davis will discuss various aspects of farm labor law that agricultural employers should be aware of during the National Agricultural Law Center’s upcoming...
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