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Good manufacturing practices, developed in the past 20 years, have introduced new hygienic rules that limit contamination by pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Consumers are more aware of the quality and storage of meat and of the safety measures taken during its preparation. However, several criteria other than eating quality play an important role in meat acceptability, e.g., price of meat, attitudes and knowledge of consumers towards meat, and convenience in preparing meat.  “ It’s difficult to find anyone who says food safety is not important, but people don’t always realize that when you do good for food safety, you do good for the business ,” Hernandez said. … “ A strong food safety program and discipline provide benefits that go well beyond food safety. ” These are the key factor of Food Safety Standards: Food Safety is Good for Business Impact on Businesses & Study Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point GM...

"Paying employees from the time they are hired to the date of termination" Paying employees in compliance with federal and state wage and hour laws doesn’t just happen. It takes knowledge, planning and careful execution. It starts the day the employee is hired by determining if there are any notices concerning payday that must be furnished or personal notices that the employee must receive concerning their pay amount and deductions and finishes when the final check is cut and deciding whether or not vacation pay must be included.  In this webinar expert speaker  Vicki M. Lambert  will discuss from new legislation and court cases its whether or not vacation pay must be paid out when an employee terminates. Speaker will explain company’s policy or do we need a new policy for all employees or just ones in certain states. These and many more topics will be discussed in this webinar.  Session Highlights:  Required payroll notices for new hires  ...

The deadline for filing your EEO-1 report is right around the corner! It is vitally important that you prepare this form correctly as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs uses your information to determine whether your company should be audited. Inaccurate information could also suggest willfulness in not being honest which can lead to penalties or criminal charges. While the document may seem “just a piece of paper,” classifying your employees correctly can be a difficult task. Gathering the information you need can also be difficult.  In this webinar expert speaker Susan Desmond will help you to explain the significant changes the EEOC recently made to the EEO-1 survey , its impact on businesses, and what you can do now to prepare.This webinar will walk you through step by step of what you need to do to ensure compliance. Session Highlights: Who has to file an EEO-1 report  What has to be filed...

Schedule delay analysis has evolved greatly over the past fifty or so years. Advances in computer technology, and especially the advent of, and advances in, personal computing have resulted numerous ways with which to address schedule delay claims. Unfortunately, many of these methods offer only facile solutions to complex problems.In this webinar we will briefly review the concepts of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, and then apply the concept of the critical path to the various methods of schedule delay analysis. We will look at both modeled methods of analysis and observational methods. We will address the pros and cons of the various methods, the data necessary for their implementation of each method, and the current state of acceptability of each method. Finally, we will work some basic examples of each method, illustrating the major points of our discussion.  In this webinar expert speaker Fritz Marth will help attendees to develop understanding of Critical Path ...

"Learn the Importance of the Material a School Utilizes in it Student Handbook" In the past, handbooks aimed at students in colleges and universities have contained basic information regarding topics such as academic standing, student discipline, housing rules and campus directories. However, evolving and advancing technology has forced both students and institutions to include much more information for the protections of both groups. This webinar will allow students, administrators and faculty to understand the changes in policies and what needs to be included in today's (and tomorrow’s) student handbooks.  In this webinar expert speaker Kent Seaver , will be discussed that student handbook can work in many different ways: informative piece, reference device, and legal shield. The overall safety of your campus is not only important, but how that is achieved and perceived can be the difference between success and failure. Knowing these roles is important to all ...

Employees are the lifeblood of most companies and they often determine whether companies thrive or whither on the vine. And as managers, leaders, and HR professionals we are expected to know and apply the alphabet soup of federal and state laws (ADA, FMLA, Title 7, EEOC, AA, etc…..) In this case, what you don’t know really can hurt you and as employers and managers we are expected to at least know the basics. Our goal with this webinar is to demystify and make sense out of the many pieces of the puzzle. HR 101 is just that – a 5000 foot view of the key HR components that you need to know. This webinar will be packed with information plus we provide a number of handouts that will provide additional guidance after the program. In this webinar expert speaker Wes Pruett will make it concise, understandable, and practical so that you have enough information to help keep you out of trouble and also the meaning of disparate treatment and adverse impact. A discussion of reasonable accom...

The Pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is a very different industry, it is not a study in creative writing. It is an industry that is based on providing fact-based evidence and developing a sound scientific conclusion based on that evidence. Understanding how to write for the industry is an art, there are few courses that teach how to write for the industry. It is mostly up to the writer to develop a style and technique that is appropriate for the industry. This course is not an extensive writing course, but an introduction into the documents, various formats, and how to develop the writing component that is needed for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing industry.Various example documents will be discussed: Investigations (deviations and other quality system documents), facility reports, environmental monitoring reports, validation reports, validation protocols, etc.  In this webinar expert speaker  Carl Patterson  will provide how to organize and deliver information...

The wait for final FSMA Rules is quickly ending and the implementation periods have begun. On November 10, 2015 the FDA published the final rules for the  Foreign Supplier Verification (FSVP) and Third Party Accreditation programs  and is now preparing guidance documents that extend the requirements previously published under the final rules for cGMP, Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human and Animal Food. Most businesses have less than one year for full implement compliance implementation.  Since the final FSVP and 3rd Party Accreditation rules rely heavily on new rules for HARPC, Environmental Monitoring, Validation and Validation of Preventive Controls. In this webinar expert speaker  John Ryan  will review earlier final rules and he summarize the final FSVP and 3rd Party Accreditation rules. It is critical to begin to understand how the FDA has interwoven the FSMA into more of a compact and focused set of rules than proposed rules ...

Overview of  FDA computer system  validation requirements, including 21 CFR Part 11 compliance FDA requires that all computer systems that handle data regulated by the Agency to be validated in accordance with their guidance on computerized systems. This guidance was first issued in 1983, and the main points of focus remain consistent today, despite the number of years that have passed and the technology changes that have taken place. The guidance was revisited for its application to the medical device industry, as the first issuance addressed pharmaceuticals. In 1997, 21 CFR Part 11 was issued to address electronic records and signatures, as many laboratories and other FDA-regulated organizations began seeking ways to move into a paperless environment. This guidance has been modified over the years to make it more palatable to industry, and this includes discretionary enforcement measures. The intent was to avoid creating a huge regulatory compliance cost to industry th...

Same Day ACH is making payments faster, debits and credits are both in motion as of September 2017 – what is the impact on ACH Payments ?  Same Day ACH affects not only the billing game (from the Originator’s standpoint) and In-House Origination, but also on the Receiver’s side, with debits possibly affecting their accounts on the Same day they authorize the Entry. Companies don’t thoroughly understand the impact debits can have on sending and receiving ACH transactions. This session will identify and outline the different way that Same Day ACH is impacting the ACH Network as a whole.  For the Originator, with debits having Same Day settlement, this means faster collection! Authorization language for the Originator (this could even affect the ODFI who is doing in-house Origination to collect loan payments, for example), needs to be examined to ensure mention of a possible same day debit to the consumer account. With an uninformed Receiver, this could result in Entrie...

How to compensate employees for the hours spent traveling on business is becoming one of the major concerns of the payroll department today. Many recent changes in federal and state wage and hour rules as well as economic pressures on employers and employees alike can create a situation that can practically invite noncompliance lawsuits—especially if the travel time results in overtime being owed to the employee.  But it isn’t just the DOL that is interested in travel pay. The IRS also has strict regulations on when employees can be paid for travel expenses without it being considered wages. Does the company use the per diem method to reimburse employees or the accountable plan method? Or do you even need to have a method when it comes to reimbursing employees for travel expenses?  In this webinar expert speaker Vicki Lambert will concentrate on the requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of when to pay employees for traveling. She will cover if trav...

Affordable care act was signed into law by president Obama on March 23, 2010 and since then employers have been asking themselves how to comply. The law changed how companies provided benefits, calculated payroll tax and most of all the new reporting requirements that must be followed. Now the employers have had 2 filing years to get used to the ACA law , the Trump administration is looking to repeal portions of the law.  This webinar with expert speaker Dayna Reum is designed to review Section 6055 and 6056 requirements and the reporting requirements, and to review what the potential changes might be and how that changes how we handle, benefits and payroll for our employees in the next months. Talks of repeal of the ACA or modifications have been all over the news as employers this webinar will discuss how to prepare in an unsure environment.  Session Highlights:  Up to date status on legislation and how it may impact employers  What reporting...