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California Governor Signs Family Leave Bill
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 1383 (Jackson), which expands employee job-protected leave.
Under current law, employers with more than 50 employees are subject to the California Family Rights Act and the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. CFRA and FMLA time o can be taken in increments as small as one hour and provide employees with 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave.
Here is a description of the qualifying circumstances: • The birth of child and bonding with the newborn. • The placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care, and bonding with the child. • Caring for an immediate family member (spouse, child or parent — but not a parent “in-law”) with a serious health condition. • Medical leave when the employee is unable to work because of a serious health condition. • Qualifying exigencies arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, son, daughter or parent is on covered active duty or call to covered active-duty status as a member of the National Guard, reserves or regular
Armed Forces.
Signifi cant Changes Included
SB 1383 expands the California Family Rights Act by applying the 12 weeks of leave to all employers with five or more employees. An employee is only required to provide an employer with “reasonable notice,” and an employer must track the time o as “CFRA leave” or it may not count against the 12 weeks. SB 1383 also changes requirements for qualifying for CFRA leave by amending the definition of family member for whom the employee can take leave. It now includes a child of a domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or domestic partner.
Additionally, SB 1383 removes the requirement that a “child” be under the age of 18 or a dependent adult child. This means that the Family and Medical Leave Act and CFRA’s qualifying requirements no longer conform with each other. A qualifying employee of an employer with 50 or more employees could take three months of leave under CFRA to care for a domestic partner, child of a domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild or sibling.
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Legal Implications
The leave mandated under SB 1383 is enforced through a private right of action that includes compensatory damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, punitive damages and attorney’s fees. Any employee who believes an employer did not properly administer the leave, interfered with the leave or denied the leave, can commence litigation.
The requirements of SB 1383 go into e ect Jan. 1, 2021.
The California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association provided this information.
NCC Contamination Prevention Videos
Plastic contamination poses a serious threat to U.S. cotton’s reputation in the global fiber market. The National Cotton Council has developed a YouTube video training series on the subject that consists of 12 chapters. The videos are available in both English and Spanish versions. Here are the topics:
• Introduction by Dr. Gary Adams, NCC president/CEO.
• Introduction to prevention of plastic contamination. A review of sources of potential plastic contamination and how they a ect the textile processing, resulting in decreased demand for U.S. cotton.
• In the field (producers, custom harvesters and harvest-
er operators). A review of where to look for plastic contaminates in the field before harvest and how to properly store empty rolls of round module wrap.
• During harvest (producers, custom harvesters and har-
vester operators). A review of the importance of following the John Deere round module harvester guides and keeping open communication with the gin manager.
• Machine operation (producers, custom harvesters and
harvester operators). A review of machine calibration and common problems seen on the John Deere 7760, CP690 and CS690 cotton harvesters that can lead to contamination from round module wrap.
• Module handling (producers, custom harvesters, harvester operators, staging tractor drivers and module truck
drivers). A review of the best handling practices to prevent contamination when moving round modules in the field.
• How to stage modules in the field (producers, custom harvesters, harvester operators, staging tractor drivers
and module truck drivers). A review of optimal location/ alignment when staging round modules in the field. • Loading a module truck (module truck drivers). A review of preferred module truck chain types and correct chainto-ground speed when picking up round modules in a field using a traditional module truck.
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• Loading a flatbed truck (module loader drivers in the
field). A review of best loading practices when using a flatbed trailer to haul round modules from the field to the gin.
• Unloading modules in the gin yard (module truck drivers, drivers of module loaders at the gin, gin managers/su-
perintendents and gin employees). A review of the optimal location/alignment for staging round modules on the gin yard.
• How to handle round modules at the gin (gin managers/ superintendents, gin module feeder employees and other
gin employees). A review of how to avoid wrap punctures or tears before ginning.
• Unwrapping/cutting open modules (gin managers/superintendents, gin module feeder employees and other gin
employees). A review of the importance of following proper wrap removal techniques and John Deere round module cut guidelines to avoid plastic contamination when unwrapping. • Conclusion. This chapter is for everyone.
The National Cotton Council contributed to this article.
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The Circle Of Life
The beginning of And somehow, Santa always found his way to that 2020 brought an farmhouse to bring my cousins, and my sister and me end to a century most of what we asked for. of farm owner- After all the visiting was over and goodbyes were ship when we sold the fam- said, Granddaddy D would open his wallet and give ily farm in Eric, Oklahoma. us all a “dollar for ice cream.” After his passing, that All of the grandchildren — duty fell to my Uncle Dub — affectionately known as including me — are mostly the Ice Cream Uncle — and then to my dad. removed from the area, and With grandkids of my own, I, too, now open the the time was right. wallet and continue the tradition. However, inflation
Curtis Stewart A neighbor whose farm adjoined ours bought the property after having leased has hit the ice cream funding just like it has everything else. My granddad handing out a dollar for a treat was a it through the years. Their simple thing, but it was much more than the money. farm had also been designated a Centennial Farm. His gesture represented the love of family. My grand-
Not that it didn’t hurt to part with something that dad enjoyed being able to provide the little pleasures had been the center of the Stewart family since my in life he and Grandmother did not have during their granddad came to Oklahoma as a boy with his moth- childhood and through the Great Depression. er from Georgia. He was the youngest of several There also was a gas well on the property in brothers. After his father died in an accident at the Oklahoma. When the royalty check came in, my Mason Jar factory they grandmother would take us owned over there, he and his mother traveled out “As we age, we look back on to the little diner in town and buy us a hamburger. West and bought the farm, the small things that helped You couldn’t buy one which was his inheritance. My granddad later built shape our lives.” hamburger today with the amount of money she the farmhouse and married received. The check was Grandmother. They started a family of four children typically about $7, but that was her “hamburger” and raised them on the dairy and row crop operation, money. which also included cotton in the mix. So they both bestowed on us something I still rem-
My grandparents’ farmhouse was the gathering inisce about and cherish. As we age, we look back on place at Christmas, and most of our vacations were the small things that helped shape our lives and hope spent “fixing things at the farm.” we can continue instilling them in future generations.
The cisterns needed cleaning and plastering, and All of my dad’s remaining immediate family, the new tin barn needed mending. It had replaced including Uncle Bob, were able to gather when we the red wooden one my older cousins burned down placed the Centennial Farm marker awarded by the lighting grasshoppers on fire. state of Oklahoma. Some of our own children were
Other general maintenance was sandwiched in present as well. between picking up pullets from the hatchery and The meal was not as grand as Christmas spreads watching out for rattlesnakes that loved to hide in the of old — the fruitcake and ambrosia were missing — bar ditches. but the love was still there.
Christmas was always a spread of the traditional Today, I run Spade Co-op Gin in Spade, Texas, and items. My dad’s job was to make ambrosia for the reside in Shallowater, but I will always miss that farm. dinner. We were assigned to the “kids’ table” while all the adults gathered at the main table. — Curtis Stewart
One Christmas was interrupted by a cousin break- Shallowater, Texas ing both arms falling off a crudely rigged zipline. spade.coop3@pcca.com
Cotton Farming’s back page is devoted to telling unusual “farm tales” or timely stories from across the Cotton Belt. Now it’s your turn. If you’ve got an interesting story to tell, send a short summary to csmith@onegrower.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
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