MWFPA’s OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Training Course is now taking registrations. Those interested can register on-line here. Class size is limited so don’t delay! The course, being held December 2-3, 2019 at the Kalahari Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI, will cover an array of topics designed to satisfy educational requirements. The four elective courses […]
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WI Gov. Tony Evers expanded efforts to limit the amount of some common hazardous chemicals in state waters. The Democratic governor directed the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR)to begin drafting standards for the amount of highly fluorinated compounds known as PFAS allowed in surface, ground and drinking water. The directive marked the second time […]
Wisconsin Republican Sean Duffy announced today that he will resign from Congress next month. Duffy, has represented Wisconsin’s 7th district since being elected in 2010, wrote in a Facebook post that he would be stepping down on September 23, citing a desire to spend more time with his family ahead of the upcoming birth of […]
The first round of booth placements for the 2019 MWFPA Annual Convention and Expo to be held December 3-5 at the Kalahari Resort & Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI has been completed. Exhibitor registrations continue to roll in, so if you plan on exhibiting, now is the time to reserve your space! This show […]
Food industry engineers and managers will be among the many who will benefit from the upcoming Food Energy Forum to be conducted on September 19, 2019 at the corporate offices of Miron Construction in Neenah, Wi. in partnership with Focus on Energy and the Midwest Food Products Association. Titled Energy Optimization Strategies for the Food […]
Following Governor JB Pritzker’s July 3 request in the wake of historic flooding across the state, today the U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared an agriculture disaster in all 102 Illinois counties. Read more.
Crain’s Chicago Business says that lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have a real opportunity to transform North American trade by passing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and give Illinois businesses a lift. This new agreement, which will soon be before Congress, would modernize and strengthen free trade with our biggest export markets, Canada and Mexico, and […]
Public comment is open until Sept. 24 on proposed changes to H-2A foreign guest worker regulations. In a 489-page rule change proposal, the U.S. Department of Labor has suggested altering the H-2A program to require employers to apply electronically, encourage digital signatures and allow staggered start-dates for visiting employees on single applications, according to a […]
The Wisconsin Water Quality Coalition, a group of non-profit organizations, industry partners, and trade associations of which MWFPA is a member, has submitted a letter and supporting comments to the Department of Health Services in response to its extremely restrictive recommended standards for two PFAS compounds – PFOA and PFOS. Unfortunately, The Governor only afforded interested stakeholders a one-day […]
It has been a decade since the United States Department of Labor (DOL) made any changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulations, but we now have an indication that the DOL is at least willing to consider issuing new regulations at some point in the next few years. The United States Office […]