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  • December 2018 Issue
  • Story by Good Fruit Grower
  • Growers need a plan for preventing workplace discrimination

    Make sure you have a system for preventing discrimination and sexual harassment, before it’s too late.

    Workers harvest Early Robin cherries at Roy Farms in Moxee, Washington, in 2014.(TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) Attorney Sarah Wixson was impressed with her client, a Washington grower, for already having complex systems in place for understanding food safety, water conservation, insurance and taxes when they sought her counsel. But for all that good housekeeping, there was one glaring omission. “The first thing I ask is if they have a handbook that explicitly says what sexual harassment is and how to report it,” said Wixson, who practices employment law at Stokes Lawrence Velikanje Moore & Shore in Yakima. “People learn too […]

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