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FARM Workforce Development

Does the farm have an accurate, up-to-date. Employee Handbook? □ YES. □ NO. Do owners and managers regularly communicate with employees about important issues ...

Human Resource Management for Farm Business in Manitoba

Does my farm business really need a human resources plan? All businesses – no matter their size or structure – benefit from HR. The key is to create and ...

The Dangers of Working Alone in Agriculture - SafetyLine Lone Worker

Due to the potentially deadly consequences of the misuse of farm equipment, agriculture workers must ensure that they are using all equipment ...

How to Talk with Farmers Under Stress - Managing Farm Stress

However, showing empathy rather than sympathy can go a long way to help farmers realize they are not facing the challenge alone. Developing a ...

Ep. 31: Four elements of a human resource plan - YouTube

Which questions do you ask potential new hires? Where to you find your next star farm employee? Is the employee handbook up to date?

The Joys—and Challenges—of Farming as a Woman

Small-scale farmers often do not get much paid time off, let alone health insurance benefits or maternity leave. These limitations make an ...

Structuring for innovative responses to human resource challenges

However, the utilization of skunk works structures to respond to disruptive emergent concerns related to HR issues has not been explored, either by ...

HR is not there to be your friend. It's there to protect the company

... the way that human resources departments deal with issues like sexual harassment and discrimination. What role should HR play at a company?

Human Resource Issues for the Farm & Ranch Part 2 - YouTube

Part 2 in the Farm Labor Management series, this video covers how to get your new employee “on board” including how to train, evaluate, ...

Farm risk management: Protect your operation from the unexpected

Outsourced HR: Your partner in support. Feeling overwhelmed as the only HR professional in your company? You're not alone. Read more.

Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act

In non-farm work, the permissible jobs and hours of work, by age, are as follows: Youths 18 years or older may perform any job, whether hazardous or not, for ...

Alone on the farm, or lonely? - Country Guide

Isolation does not automatically mean all farmers will feel lonely. Every farmer is different, with different levels of tolerance to feelings of ...

Managers & HR Professionals | U.S. Department of the Interior

This is a hefty task, but you are not alone. Managers and HR Professionals ... issues, these resources will provide the framework for you to support your team.

What are the biggest HR challenges for businesses without HR staff?

You may not see the uses of an HR department on a small business farm from far. Everybody is using the factors of HR on every farm. The HR ...

Working alone on the farm? Here are 6 tips to do it safely

A hazard assessment is a safety staple for any industry. Agriculture is no different. Break down the tasks that each worker will complete each ...

Farm Management – Page 75 – RealAgriculture

To understand the labour issues facing the ag sector, the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource ... the farm from one generation to the next, you're not alone.

https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/441/AGRI/Evidence ...

Juggling the realities of working outside the farm and arranging child care, not ... farm issues as they pertain to our farm and all farmers ... You're not alone ...

Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace

For example, if a supervisor harasses Black employees with darker complexions but does not ... Discussed below are some issues that apply to all ...

Human Resources - Farm Management

A “systems approach” to human resources management on your farm considers the interconnectedness of all the efforts you've made to make your farm a great place ...

Chapter 14 - Managing human resources within extension

Further, many of the agricultural extension departments of these countries do not have a well-defined system of human resource management. Proper planning and ...