2003 Handbook of Employment Regulations Affecting Florida Farm Employers and Workers: Table of Contents1
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) [Federal]
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard [Federal]
Transportation -- Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for Drivers of Farm Trucks [Federal]
Transportation -- Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for Transporting Migrant Farm Workers [Federal]
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Footnotes
This is EDIS document FE388, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Published July 2003. This information is included in Circular 1200, Handbook of Employment Regulations Affecting Florida Farm Employers and Workers. First published February 1992 as Circular 1043. Revised December 2002 as Circular 1200. Please visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.
Leo C. Polopolus, Professor Emeritus, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael T. Olexa, Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Fritz Roka, Associate Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL; and Carol Fountain, Assistant Editor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
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