Resources for you.

These days, being an employer means you need to be an expert at employee relations. As a PIA/SD member you have access to a wide variety of resources that can help you with any employee relations matter you may encounter. Want to know what the going rate for a pressman? Need a sample employee handbook? Have questions about overtime laws? Let us give you the answers you need.

Occasionally, you may need assistance with a regulation, wage/hour law or with a sticky employee situation. You should call Doug Moore, vice president of human resources for PIA Southern California. Doug provides employee relations assistance to PIA/SD members (as well as PIA-SC and PI Northern California). You can reach Doug at (800) 449-4898 or click here to send Doug an email message.

Doug has developed a vast array of resources that you can download for your use. They are located on the PIASC Human Resources web page, www.piasc.org. Click here to see about wage hour law, rest periods, hiring practices, terminations and layoffs, worker’s comp claims, ADA compliance, employee handbooks and many more issues that specifically relate to the printing industry.

Leadership Training
Members are taking advantage of supervisory classes offered by PIA/SD on the employer's premises. These classes can be scheduled during the workday, evenings or Saturdays. The content of the classes can be based on what the company believes its leadership training needs are at the time and can be tailored to all levels of management including line employees with lead responsibilities. The most popular programs cover team building, motivation, communication, evaluation, conflict management and problem solving skills. The cost of the on-site training is $75 per hour. Call Doug Moore at (800) 449-4898 or click here to send Doug an email message for more information.

State Employment Posters
State labor laws are as numerous and varied as the states themselves. It is the employer's responsibility to display notices of these laws. Posters, provided by the state agency, are the most common and accessible form of notification. However, it is often difficult to find out which posters are required and how to obtain them. Some companies make these posters available for a fee.

To save you time and money, PIA has consolidated information on the posting requirements for all 50 states. Whenever possible, links to the appropriate state agency are provided. In many cases, the posters can be downloaded directly from GAIN (PIA national’s website). You can obtain federal employment posters by visiting the Department of Labor's website by clicking here. For the state poster information, visit the PIA-SC website by clicking here.

2008 Sample Employee Handbook
PIC has published a revised sample employee handbook for 2008 with language covering basic employment policies. Members have used this language as a guide in creating written policies and procedures covering the company’s employment practices and philosophies. New State and Federal laws and legal decisions will require this sample to be updated, along with the companym's employee handbook, to reflect these changes. Further, each company must develop an employee handbook, which reflects the employment practices unique to the company's operation and philosophies. In initiating or revising your company personnel policies or employee handbook, do not hesitate to call Doug Moore, our employee relations resource, for assistance. Click here for a copy of the handbook. (MS Word doc)

Free Listserves
PIA/GATF National offers free networking opportunities for management personnel of member firms. These groups include the following:

Human Relations: This email networking forum (or “listserve”) is for management personnel of PIA/GATF member firms with HR responsibilities or oversight. Verification of membership and management responsibility may be required. To join email HRQuestions@piagatf.org with your name, title, company, address, and phone number. Topics from vacation leave, personnel policies, overtime, hiring and firing issues and more are covered.

Safety: This email networking forum (or “listserve”) for management personnel of PIA/GATF member firms with Safety and Health responsibilities or oversight. Verification of membership and management responsibility may be required. To join email HRQuestions@piagatf.org with your name, title, company, address, and phone number. Topics on safety programs and policies and ideas are shared on this listserve.

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