FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Deanne Maus
Mid American Ag and Hort Services, Inc.
419.724.2930 (maahsadmin@eisc.org)
Mid American Ag and Hort Services to Host
“Producers of floricultural, ornamental nursery,
Christmas trees, turf grass sod, fruit, vegetables, tobacco, and livestock face
human resource and legal risks due to their need for hired labor,” noted Dr.
Shari Plimpton, Executive Director for MAAHS. “The goal for this conference is
to introduce some of these risks and educate producers on effective management
tools to minimize and manage them.”
The agenda includes two presentations by Dr. Bob Milligan, Senior
Consultant with Dairy Strategies,
LLC. Dr. Milligan provides insight to managers by presenting complex human
resource and business concepts in formats that are understandable and useable.
Dr. Milligan’s agenda topics include, “Understanding How Individuals –
Including Yourself – Respond to Change,” and “Three Keys to Successful
Supervision, Ways to Increase Workforce Productivity.”
John Wargowsky, Sr. Director, Field Communications with the
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, is
the former Executive Director of MAAHS with expertise and knowledge in labor and
immigration compliance issues. Mr. Wargowsky will present on the topic,
“What’s New with Labor and Immigration Compliance?”
Registration is $50 for MAAHS members and $55 for
non-members. A sharing and networking luncheon is included with each
registration. Interested attendees can access registration forms through the
website by visiting www.midamservices.org
and clicking on Human Resource Conference. You may also contact Deanne Maus for
more information or questions, 419-724-2930, maahsadmin@eisc.org.
MAAHS
is a unique non-profit, membership-based consortium of associations,
organizations and employers organized to meet the educational, regulatory
compliance assistance and labor recruiting needs of agricultural and
horticultural employers in
###