New Poultry Industry Safety Recognition Program Announced

To recognize those facilities that have achieved a high level of safety performance through the implementation of innovative and effective safety and health programs, the Joint Poultry Industry Safety and Health Council announces the first annual safety award program. The program is open to National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association members with poultry processing plants, hatcheries, feed mills or rendering facilities that have injury and illness rates below the industry average for three consecutive years.

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Still Time to Register for the 2010 Feed Mill Management Seminar

Registration continues for the 2010 Feed Mill Management Seminar. This program is designed to provide mill managers with updates on Best Practices and other vital information to make feed mills operate at peak performance. Sponsored by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association’s Poultry & Egg Institute, the conference will be held March 10-11, at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville, TN. A block of rooms has been reserved until Feb 19. Register today at http://www.poultryegginstitute.org/educationprograms/index.cfm#fmms and join us for this exciting program.

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Registration Continues for the The 2010 Environmental Management Seminar

The 2010 Environmental Management Seminar will focus on what is being called a new era of enforcement. Sponsored by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association's Poultry & Egg Institute, this year's conference will be held March 17-18, at the JW Marriott Hotel in New Orleans, LA. The hotel room block is available until February 22, 2010. Don't miss hearing this valuable information. Register today at http://www.poultryegginstitute.org/educationprograms/index.cfm#fmms.

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Attracting Generation Y

Generation Y has now entered the workforce. They are computer-savvy, multitasking, and constantly in touch and tuned in. Executives at many corporations find themselves in a dilemma. On the one hand, they have an image to protect, clients to serve, security to maintain. On the other hand, they need young people to fill entry-level jobs. Companies that focus on attracting Generation Y employees still struggle to keep them satisfied and retain them. Are people in your company asking these questions? What is Generation Y anyway? What attracts them to a workplace, and what keeps them there? And why should we care?

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COBRA Subsidy Extension Removed from Jobs Bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., scrapped a bipartisan jobs bill that included provisions to extend and expand federal COBRA premium subsidies to laid-off employees, as well as temporarily ease pension plan funding rules. Instead he intends to bring a narrower measure to the Senate floor soon. There is overwhelming congressional support to extend COBRA premium subsidies and that the COBRA provisions are likely to be attached to any one of several other bills that Congress will consider in the coming weeks.

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