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4/14/2011 11:06 AM
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News for the Louisiana Nursery and Landscaping Association
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By host on
2/6/2012 6:16 PM
March 1st, 2012
7:00AM - 3:15PM
West Baton Rouge Conference Center & Tourist Bureau
2750 North Westport Dr.
Port Allen, LA
(225) 344-2920
Training farmers and ag businesses on how to avoid lawsuits, labor law violations, delays and highway violations.
This year’s Mid-South Agricultural Labor Seminar is targeted to address current agricultural labor problems.
Do not make a mistake in managing your employees that could result in a fine, lawsuit or jail time. The Mid-South Agricultural Labor Seminar will provide you with some of the best legal advice in the country on how to avoid labor law and highway violations. You will also receive the latest on other issues impacting agricultural labor. The Mid-South Agricultural Labor Seminar is unique and will provide farmers and agribusinesses with information you need that you will not hear at other meetings.
Get your labor questions answered, attend this Seminar!! See below for registration.
For more information contact Brian Breaux at (225) 922-6210.
For the brochure click here.
For the registration click here.
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By host on
12/6/2011 12:48 PM
Congratulations to the following individuals for passing all 5 parts of the Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association’s Certified Nursery & Landscape Professional Exam conducted at the Ira Nelson Horticulture Center in Lafayette, LA on September 23, 2011. This is an outstanding achievement and certifies that these individuals are Certified Nursery & Landscape Professionals.
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By host on
12/5/2011 4:24 PM
Judge Denies Union in H-2B Case
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Written by
Craig Regelbrugge
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For Immediate Release
November 29, 2011
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In a positive move, the federal judge hearing the Bayou Lawn and Landscape Services et al v. Solis case in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Florida has denied a petition by the Comité de Apoyo a Los Trabajadores Agrícolas and several other worker unions to intervene in the case.
Plaintiffs, which include several trade associations and individual employers, assert that the Department of Labor lacked the authority and failed to adhere to the Administrative Procedure Act in promulgating rules that would sharply increase the wages that must be paid to H-2B temporary and seasonal workers. Though it does not in any way indicate how the judge will ultimately rule, the American Nursery & Landscape Association and other green industry groups supporting this litigation welcomed the news.
If the rule stands, H-2B employers will face wage increases often in the range of 40 to 70 percent, even if they are bound by contracts based on the existing prevailing wage standards.
From ANLA.org.
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By host on
11/14/2011 3:56 PM
June 9, 2011
Contact: Sam Irwin
225-922-1280
Homeowners should employ licensed horticulture professionals
Each spring and summer in Louisiana so-called yard specialists claiming to be arborists, landscape horticulturists and landscape irrigation contractors begin making the rounds in local neighborhoods with bargain basement offers for yard work. Many have little or no training. Often their handiwork can produce less than desirable outcomes and downright disasters.
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By host on
10/26/2011 5:58 PM
IA Welcomes WaterSense’s Move to Remove 40 Percent Turf Restriction from New Home Labeling Program
FALLS CHURCH, VA. (Oct. 25, 2011) – The Irrigation Association applauds the recent
announcement of the WaterSense program’s intent to remove the 40 percent turfgrass
restriction from the single-family new home specification. WaterSense’s announcement
culminates three years of the Irrigation Association’s efforts to remove this option from
the new homes specification.
Released in December 2009, the final specification of the WaterSense single-family new
home labeling program that enabled a new home to qualify for a WaterSense label
contained two options for landscape design: 1) adhere to a water budget tool, or 2)
restrict the use of turfgrass to 40 percent of the landscapable area. With the recent
announcement by WaterSense, the only requirement for builders wishing to be eligible
for this labeling would be to adhere to the water budget tool.
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By host on
10/20/2011 4:29 PM
Allen Owings receiving a $10,000.00 Research Award check from the Louisiana Nursery Landscape Foundation for Scholarship and Research (LNLFSR). It was presented October 12, 2011 at the Hammond Research Station at the LNLA Board Meeting supper with Commissioner Mike Strain. Standing left to right, Pete Newton, President LNLFSR, Allen Owings, Professor of Horticulture, Dr. Regina Bracy, Director Hammond Research Station and LDAF Commissioner, Mike Strain, D.V.M.
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By host on
9/29/2011 4:03 PM
A request from Tom Delaney, Director of Government Affairs at PLANET.
Hi All
I am asking you to consider contacting key legislators to urge your support of important policy provisions contained within the draft bill funding the Labor Department for the next fiscal year.
Your Help Needed:
While we are pleased that these priorities, described below, have been included within the bill, this is just the first step toward enacting any of them. For such a provision to be adopted, ultimately both the House and Senate will need to approve them in legislation that is sent to the President. Obviously, this will be an uphill battle and, while not impossible, the window of opportunity is now small. The likelihood of any of these provisions making it into final legislation will be strengthened if the Subcommittee meets and approves the draft legislation. Consequently, we encourage you to communicate your support for these provisions to all Members of Congress, but in particular to the Republicans on the House Labor-HHS Appropriation Subcommittee.
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By host on
9/14/2011 9:17 AM
E-Verify to Be Taken Up
in House Committee This Week
Washington, D.C.— On September 15, the House Judiciary Committee will take up and consider Chairman Lamar Smith’s Legal Workforce Act legislation (H.R.2164) mandating that all U.S. employers use the E-Verify system within three years. E-Verify is the electronic system for verifying whether a prospective hire is legally authorized to work in the U.S. It is currently voluntary.
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