Registration Continues for the 2010 Feed Mill Management Seminar

It's not too late to register for the 2010 Feed Mill Management Seminar. This program addresses practical ideas to improve production and efficiency in poultry feed production. Topics cover milling functions from receiving ingredients to feed manufacturing to delivery. 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. Register today at http://www.poultryegginstitute.org/educationprograms/index.cfm#fmms and join us for this exciting program.

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Don't Miss The 2010 Environmental Management Seminar

There is still time to register for the 2010 Environmental Management Seminar. This program promotes and encourages effective environmental management in poultry and egg production and processing. The seminar examines the best practices, new ideas, and government regulations. 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. Register today at http://www.poultryegginstitute.org/educationprograms/index.cfm#fmms.

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Senate Approves Tax Breaks for New Hires

The U.S. Senate, with a vote of 70-28, passed its first major job bill this year. Under the bill companies that hire the unemployed would be exempt from the 6.2 percent Social Security payroll tax through December and would give those employers an additional $1,000 credit if new workers stay on the job a full year. Democratic leaders are promising more so-called job bills are on the way.

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Trucking Wakes up to Sleep Apnea

Transportation risk managers and commercial drivers continue struggling with the problem of sleep apnea, a condition that contributes to daytime drowsiness, as they try to find ways to improve safety on the road. Although the commercial trucking industry is aware of sleep apnea among drivers, there still is much to be learned regarding diagnosis, treatment and monitoring.

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Stopgap COBRA Subsidy Extension Bill Expected

Top Senate Democrats are expected to introduce legislation this week that would provide a stopgap 15-day extension of federal COBRA health care premium subsidies, Washington observers say. The measure would extend the federal premium subsidy to employees involuntarily terminated from March 1 through March 15. Without the extension, employees laid off after February 28 would not be eligible for the subsidy.

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Risk Managers Say Contingency Fee Payments Invite Conflicts

Risk managers reacted strongly to the recent news that state legal and regulatory authorities had lifted the 5-year-old contingent commission ban on the world's three largest brokers. The ban had provided insurance consumers protections from brokers steering them toward insurers that paid the highest contingent commissions. Now the burden to request full disclosure has been placed squarely on the consumer. Risk managers must be clear and direct with their brokers in setting future expectations for compensation.

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