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members to ensure they remain compliant. Te discussion between NALP and DOL was very productive and an agreement was reached to collaborate and cooperate by developing H-2B compliance resources for the landscape industry, provide educational opportunities at meetings, provide contacts and compliance assistance in the field and lastly implement a plan to hold a webinar later this fall/winter with the Department to further educate members on H-2B compliance issues. Check the NALP website, https://www.
landscapeprofessionals.org/ for details and updates.
California Water Use Bill Signed into Law Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed into law a bill that will change how California landscape irrigation systems are regulated. Te new law will require that irrigation systems be evaluated for defects and inefficiencies whenever home inspections are performed during the transfer of property. Further, nursery stock will now be labeled to reflect its water use. Whenever state owned or managed properties are built or renovated, storm water capture must now be considered as part of the water consumption and efficiency measures, and that beginning in 2020, fifty percent of newly installed landscapes not have irrigation systems at all. Water use education for landscape designers and managers is now required for anyone contracting with the state. Te complete document can be found at:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_ id=201720180AB2371
PurePro® Seeded Bermudagrass Introduced Pure Seed and Atlas Turf International are proud to introduce PurePro® Seeded Bermudagrass, a blend of the industry’s highest performing hybrid bermudas. PurePro combines the attributes of multiple varieties to produce a fine-textured, dark green, elite blend. Under optimal conditions, PurePro germinates in seven to 14 days. Tis means sports fields and golf courses can be ready for play in as few as eight to 12 weeks. Te deep-rooting, dense turf is extremely traffic tolerant and meets the demands of heavy play, recovering quickly from injury. Te blend offers excellent salt tolerance, performing well with all types of water quality. It is also drought, disease, and heat tolerant, maintaining its vigor through extreme temperatures. It delivers early spring green-up and retains color late into fall. Te blend can be overseeded for year-round color and play. When temperatures rise, its aggressive growth habit allows it to transition quickly out of overseeding. During its initial market release, PurePro is available in limited supplies. For more information or to inquire about availability, email
info@atlasturf.com.
NLRB Proposes Rule to Redefine “Joint Employer” Standard Te National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has published a proposed rule to roll back the controversial definition of the “joint employer” standard set forth in the 2015 Browning-Ferris Industries court decision. Te Browning-Ferris Industries decision held the employer liable with independent contractors
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if they had the authority to exercise indirect control over the independent contractor’s employees. Tis definition deviated from long standing notions of agency law and exposed companies to additional liability when contracting work. Te new standard published by the NLRB in September would require that the potential joint employer must “possess and exercise substantial, direct, and immediate control” over those workers. Tis standard more accurately reflects agency law precedent and better protects employers from liability when they do not actually possess control of workers' actions. Te proposed rule is open for public comment until November 13, 2018, before it goes final, likely in 2019.
Public Comment Sought on Soil Health Standards & Lab Procedures Te U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a set of standard indicators and associated laboratory procedures to assess soil health in September. Tese measures—recommended through a multi-organizational collaboration among soil health experts in the federal, university, public and private sectors— are being developed to improve conservation planning and implementation across the United States. Te USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has posted a draft Technical Note detailing these soil health indicators and associated laboratory methods in the Federal Register for public review and comment. NRCS is accepting comments on this Technical Note through December 13, 2018. USDA will work closely with other stakeholders to ensure that the indicators and corresponding laboratory methods are appropriately understood and applied across diverse agricultural environments. Review and comment on the draft Technical Note in the Federal Register by December 13, 2018. Learn more about the basic principles of soil health on the NRCS website,
https://www.nrcs.
usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/soils/health/.
Gen Z Is Set to Outnumber Millennials Within a Year Gen Z will comprise 32 percent of the global population of 7.7 billion in 2019, nudging ahead of millennials, who will account for a 31.5 percent share, based on Bloomberg analysis of United Nations data, and using 2000/2001 as the generational split. People born in 2001 will turn 18 next year, meaning many will enter university, be eligible to vote and, depending on their citizenship, smoke or drink alcohol without breaking the law. Gen Zers have never known a non-digital world and have grown up amid events such as the "war on terror" and Global Recession. "Each generation comes with a unique set of behaviors and presents a unique set of challenges for those looking to reach them," according to a report by research firm Nielsen Holdings Plc. "Gen Z are bombarded with messages and are a generation that can quickly detect whether or not something is relevant to them."
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