Agricultural Worker Protection Standards: Are You and Your Workers Protected?
By Sarah Everhart The article is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. The Worker Protection Standard (“WPS”) is a federal regulation issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in 1992 under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act to protect farmworkers from the effects of exposure to pesticides. The WPS requires agricultural employers to take certain protective measures to reduce the risk of illness or injury