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2011 WPMA ANNUAL MEETING POWERPOINT PRSENTATIONS
If you are interested in reviewing the presentations from the
annual meeting, please click on each presenter below.
CORI REFORM BILL
The Legislature in Massachusetts has passed a CORI Reform bill and sent it to Governor Patrick, who is expected to sign it into law any day now. Attached are some highlights of a few provisions that will impact MA employers and may be coming to your state as well. If you have any questions or concerns about CORI Reform, please contact any of the attorneys at Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C. at (413) 737-4753. Thank you. The Legislature has passed a CORI Reform bill and sent it to Governor Patrick, who is expected to sign it into law anyday now. We have highlighted a few provisions that will impact employers: Job applications must be changed. CORI Reform will prohibit most employers from asking about applicants’criminal histories on the job application. Referred to as “banning the box,” this provision only applies to written job applications; employers are still permitted to ask this question later in the hiring process. Criminal background checks will provide less information. CORI reports provided by the Massachusetts Criminal History Systems Board will have a shorter reporting window. The reporting window for felonies will be shortened from 15 years to 10 years, and for misdemeanors the reporting window is shortened from 10 years to 5 years. The ten-year reporting limit does not apply to convictions for murder, manslaughter, sex offenses and certain violent crimes. More paperwork. Employers who request more than 4 criminal background checks per year must: (1) have a CORI policy; (2) notify applicants of adverse action based on CORI; (3) provide a copy of CORI and company policy to applicant; and, (4) provide information to applicants as to how to correct their CORI report, if they believe it is incorrect. In addition, all employers must give a copy of the CORI to any applicant that it declines to hire based on criminal history. More recordkeeping. Employers are forbidden from disseminating CORI records without permission except they may share information within the company on a need to know basis or with the government. If an employer shares CORI information, it must maintain a CORI dissemination log, which includes the name, date of birth, date of dissemination, to whom, and the purpose of the dissemination. More delay. Employers must give a copy of the CORI report to a job applicant before the employer can question the applicant about it. Less legal liability. Employers cannot be held liable for negligent hiring for relying on a recent CORI. In addition, Employers will not be liable to disappointed job applicants for relying on inaccurate CORI. Penalties are greater. The fines for knowing violations of the law have been increased. What won’t change. CORI Reform does not require you to hire applicants with a criminal history. As before, you are free to determine job qualifications and select the most qualified person for the job on a nondiscriminatory basis.If you have any questions or concerns about CORI Reform,
please contact any of the attorneys at Skoler, Abbott & REGIONAL WOOD PRODUCTS CONSORTIUM Thank you for attending the specialized innovation workshops recently conducted by the Regional Wood Products Consortium. If you would like a copy of the results of these workshops, please contact the WPMA office at (978) 874-5445. All presentations and related articles can be accessed from the corresponding workshop pages at www.foresteconomy.org.
WEEKLY REPORT OF DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS
If you are a WPMA member and would like to participate in our Weekly Report of
Delinquent Accounts, please download the form
here.
SURVIVING FINANCIALLY IN THESE TURBULENT TIMES
Tonio Palmer is a senior manager professional with 15 years of CEO and director-level experience in the US and in Europe. He has experience in a range of settings from $10M company CEO to entrepreneur to senior staff member within a large organization. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of a textile design and wholesale company specializing in bedding, sleepwear and rugs. Tonio has initiated structural changes for growth and successfully negotiated substantial increase in bank financing. At the Lauder Institute at the Wharton School, he has served as Director of Marketing, language programs and recruiting. At our annual meeting he spoke to members about how business structure and how their plans tie into their cash flow position. He will also discussed how they might look at their business differently in looking for growth opportunities.
Please click on the following link to view Tonio's presentation.
SUCCESS IN COLLECTIONS
Amanda Wygant joined Euler Hermes UMA as New England District Manager in July 2008. In this position, Amanda assists companies of all sizes and industry with A/R management, and battles on the “front line” of collections, traveling to debtor businesses throughout the Northeast in an attempt to collect on outstanding debts. During her time in this role, she has increased the New England territory by 157%, and has successfully collected 60% of all claims traveled. Amanda publishes a bi-monthly “tricks of the trade” newsletter for her clients “Connect and Collect New England” - recent publications have included “Timely Cash-flow Tips”; “Bankruptcy Facts and Figures”; and the most recent publication “Training Customers To Pay On-Time”. Please click on the following link to view Amanda's presentation. ANTICIPATED DELAY IN THE LACEY DECLARATION IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE Importers of wood and wood products have been granted a temporary reprieve from compliance with the Lacey Act’s demanding import declaration requirements. For many wood product imports, the delay in implementation provides a significant improvement over the previous implementation schedule. Please click on the following link for more information. NEW I-9 FORM REQUIRED AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 2009 Beginning February 2, 2009, there will be a new I-9 Form for verifying employment eligibility of new employees. In addition, the verification process will change slightly. You should be prepared for these changes. Please click on the following link for more information.
The following questionnaire
is designed
to gather basic information to better understand the hardwood
industry and its customer base. Please print all information
from the link below, complete and fax back to
A "GREEN" GLOSSARY This glossary serves as an easy reference to some of the more common green words and phrases. CARB COMPLIANT: Meets the standards of the California Air Resources Board. CARBON FOOTPRINT: A measure of the resources used for each person or organization based on the land required for food, clothes and sustenance. Although not precise, this is a common metric in environmental and sustainability reports. CONSERVATION: The preservation and responsible use of our natural resources to ensure they endure. CRS: The Center for Resource Solutions - a national nonprofit working to build a robust renewable energy market by increasing the demand and supply of renewable resources. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: A measure of the total impact of an activity on the environment. This includes production, transportation and energy. EPA: The US Environmental Protection Agency, which handles most of the responsibility for environmental guidance, direction, monitoring and enforcement in the US. FORMALDEHYDE: A cross-linking agent that can have detrimental effects on one's health. FSC: The Forest Stewardship Council - an independent, international, environmentally-and-socially-oriented forest certification organization. GREENGUARD: Certification Standards for Low Emitting Products. Performance-based standards set by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute to define goods with low chemical and practice emissions for use indoors. GREEN-E RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: The nation's leading independent certification and verification program for renewable energy products. GREEN POWER: Electricity produced by renewable resources that have little to no impact on the environment and produce no net greenhouse gas emissions in generating the electrcity. GREEN SEAL CERTIFICATION: Green Seal is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to safeguarding the environment and transforming the marketplace by promoting the manufacture, purchase and use of environmentally responsible products and services. LEED: The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building rating system. Developed by the US Green Building Council, it is a nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. In regard to new construction, in 2005 2 percent of building starts, or $7.6 billion, were green. However that number is anticipated to be 10 percent, or $60 billion, by 2010. NO ADDED FORMALDEHYDE: Wood, paper and other natural products that are described as being made without the use of formaldehyde. THE OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVE: Created in 2003 to assist the federal government with the application of sustainable environmental practices. RECYCLED: Made at least in part from recovered fibers. SFI: The Sustainable Forestry Initiative, a program that encourages participants to practice sustainable forestry on all the lands they manage. ALPHARETTA: GA-based Neenah Paper, Inc manufactures and distributes a wide range of and specialty paper grades, as well as producing and selling bleached pulp. AHFA: The AHFA unveiled its new green certification program called Sustainable by Design. The program is an effort to assist the industry in fending off charges of "greenwashing" - when companies claim to be environmentally friendly but do little or nothing to back up the claim. To receive the AHFA Sustainable by Design label, a company must become certified by EFEC (Enhancing Furniture's Environmental Culture), and complete a punchlist that covers items relating to minimization of environmental footprints, supply chain management and global climate change.
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