The
Personnel Policy Committee was established in 1989 and met quarterly through
2001. It was open to management at member companies, with meetings attended largely
by human resources managers at member companies in New England. This committee met to discusses
personnel-related issues such as workers’ compensation, health care, ADA, FMLA,
sexual harrassment and violence in the workplace. The meetings provided an opportunity for members to compare and
learn from each other.
Scheduled Events
May 24, 1989, Malden Mills Industries, Lawrence, Massachusetts
August 24, 1998 Meeting
September 13, 1989, Westpoint Pepperell, Biddeford, Maine
January 31, 1990, Malden Mills Industries, Lawrence, Massachusetts
April 4, 1990, Stevens Linen Associates, Webster, Massachusetts
October 10, 1990, L.W. Packard & Co., Ashland, New Hampshire
November 28, 1990, Ramada Inn, Concord, New Hampshire
January 17, 1991, Museum of American Textile History, North Andover, Massachusetts
April 18, 1991, American Fiber & Finishing, Burlington, Massachusetts
August 1, 1991, Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, Massachusetts
November 7, 1991, Troy Mills, Troy, New Hampshire
March 26, 1992 Meeting
April 29, 1992, Clarion Somerset Hotel, Nashua, New Hampshire
Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA)
August 20, 1992 Sheraton Hotel, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Meeting
and Cruise
January 21, 1993, Malden Mills Industries, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Workplace
Diversity Training, Family Service Association of Greater Lawrence
May 19, 1993, American Fiber & Finishing, Burlington, Massachusettts
August
18, 1993, Burlington Marriott Hotel, Burlington, Massachusetts
Employee Benefits, Arthur Warren, President, and Hal Tepfer, Vice President, Benefits Advisors of New England, Inc. and Risk Management, Bonnie Brook, President, Stephenson & Brook.
November 18, 1993, Sheraton Hotel, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Consolidated
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA),
and Americans with Disabilites Act (ADA), Employee Benefit Plan Administration.
February
17, 1994, Homestead Industries, Claremont, New Hampshire
February
11, 1994
Cultural
Diversity Workshop, Family Service Association of Greater Lawrence
May
25, 1994, Malden Mills Industries, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Affirmative
action, Ken
Cook, Cook Associates.
August 3, 1994, Wolfeboro Inn, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Meeting
and Cruise of Lake Winnepessaukee
November 9, 1994, Burlington Marriott, Burlington, Massachusetts
Employee
Orientation Manuals
March 6, 1995, Key Polymer, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Agenda | Attendance
| Minutes
May 24, 1995
Workers’
Compensation Insurance Fraud and Pre-employment Verification, Jim Collins, East
Coast Investigative Services
Agenda | Attendance
| Minutes
August 16, 1995, Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire
Meeting
and Cruise
Agenda | Attendance
| Minutes
November 15, 1995, Best Western Lord Wakefield, Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Personnel
Department Records,
Peter L. Ebb, Ropes & Gray.
Agenda | Attendance
| Minutes
March
20, 1996, Best Western Lord Wakefield, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Roundtable
Discussion on Attracting and Retaining Qualified Employees, and Achieving
Productivity and Quality with your Workforce
Agenda | Attendance
| Survey Results: Charitable Contribution
| Minutes
May
15, 1996, Best Western Lord Wakefield, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Berneta
Walraven,
Director of Training and Education for the Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination (MCAD)
Agenda | Attendance
and Minutes
August 21, 1996 Meeting and Cruise CANCELLED
November 20, 1996, American Textile History Museum,
Lowell, Massachusetts
Agenda | Attendance
| Minutes
February 12, 1997 Meeting CANCELLED
March
12, 1997, Best Western Lord Wakefield, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Roundtable discussion: Safety
Issues, Regulatory Activity, and Department
of Labor’s Maine 200 Program.
Agenda | Attendance
| Minutes
June 11, 1997, Best Western Hotel, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Violence
in the Workplace, Lt. Oscar Langford, Massachusetts Department of State Police
Agenda | Attendance and Minutes
August 13, 1997, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts.
Roundtable
discussion: Smoking Policies
Agenda | Survey
Results: Smoking Policy | Attendance and
Minutes
November 12, 1997, Best Western Hotel, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Family Medical Leave Act and Americans with Disabilities Act, Joseph DiJulia, US Dept. of
Labor and Robert Sanders, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Agenda | Attendance | Minutes
March 11, 1998, Best Western Hotel, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Americans with Disabilites
Act, Devika
Dubey and Benjamin
Nidus, Attorneys, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Agenda | Attendance | Minutes
May 13, 1998 Meeting CANCELLED
November 4, 1998, Best Western Hotel, Wakefield, Massachusetts
The
Legal Pitfalls for Human Resources Managers, Robin A. Friedman, Attorney,
Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman
Agenda | Attendance
| Minutes
March 10, 1999 Meeting CANCELLED
April 28, 1999, Best Western Hotel, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Ergonomics
in the Workplace, Roman Krochmalnyckyj, OSHA
Agenda | Attendance | Minutes
December
15, 1999, Best Western Hotel, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Have
Your Employees Made Adequate Retirement Plans? Rosemary D. White, President, Strong Financial Group.
Agenda | Attendance | Minutes
March 22, 2000, Cranston Print Works Company, Webster, Massachusetts
Agenda | Attendance | Minutes
September 27,
2000, Best Western Hotel, Wakefield, Massachusetts