Zenger Medal Nominations Open Nominations are currently open for the John Peter Zenger Medal. The medal is awarded annually to an individual employed in the graphic communications industry who has exhibited exemplary character in the form of selfless courage, charity, activism or service (military or community). The Zenger Medal will be awarded at the PIA Franklin Event on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, New York, NY. Background information, nomination form and posting notice are available. Nominations are due by March 31, 2012.
Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $8.50/HR Introduced in Assembly Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Assembly Labor Committee Chairman Keith Wright just introduced a bill to raise the minimum wage from its current $7.25 per hour rate to one of $8.50 per hour and to adjust it annually for inflation. Specifically, A-9148 calls for the minimum wage to increase from $7.25/hour to $8.50/hour beginning in January of 2013. The wage will be indexed, requiring an increase every year to adjust for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index. Indexing will begin in January, 2014. The measure is heavily backed by the NYS AFL-CIO and a broad coaltion of labor unions, community groups and the Working Families Party. Surprisingly, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg expressed a desire last year to see an increase in the minimum wage rather that enactment of a "living wage" bill, which both he and the local business community including PIA, strongly oppose. Gov. Cuomo has a press conference later today and will no doubt address his thoughts on the Assembly measure. With our member firms still struggling economically, PIA opposes this measure and any companion bills introduced in the State Senate, as do other major business groups. PIA plans to follow up shortly with a "Voter Voice" letter for you to personalize and send to your elected representatives. In the interim, please feel free to offer any reactions/thoughts you have to me at vkeenan@PIAlliance.org as soon as possible so that they can be incorporated into our association's message to the Legislature.
OSHA Form 300 Most employers, with few exceptions (e.g., 10 or fewer employees during all of the previous year), must post their OSHA 300A log from Feb. 1st to April 30th "in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted." Download the form here.
Wage Theft Protection Act New York State's Wage Theft Protection Act (WTPA) requires private sector employers to provide each of their New York employees a written notice containing detailed information regarding the terms and conditions of their employment. This notice must be provided at hire and annually by February 1st to all employees. Click here for more details.
Save Some $$$ in 2012: Check out these money-saving programs available from Printing Industries Alliance
* Workers' Compensation (New York State only)
* Credit Card Processing
* Group Chain of Custody Certification (Sales Volume under $5,000,000), Response Form
* Shipping through UPS and FedEx
New Member Service! Printing Industries Alliance is proud to announce a new partnership with Allviso Solutions Ltd. Allviso Solutions provides a product called SmartViso, an online Mobile Website Creator and QR Code Management Platform designed for printers. Click here for details.
Franklin Event Salutes Raymond W. Kelly: New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was honored at the 2011 PIA Franklin Event. Visit our Facebook page to view photos from the event. Watch acceptance speeches on YouTube. Details on the 2012 Event to be announced soon.
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