| March 10, 2004
(Please note: This newsletter is being sent to you in a reader-friendly format with color and graphics. If you are receiving it as plain text, please check your e-mail program settings to allow you to view it in "HTML format".) This week:
As part of Workplace Eye Safety Month, we're offering our members 25% OFF our Blueprints for Safety Eye Protection and Blueprints for Safety PPE training programs. For more information on these programs click on http://www.mnsafetycouncil.org/products/pindex.htm or contact Russ at 651-228-7326/800-444-9150; e-mail: budin@mnsafetycouncil.org HIPAA Privacy Compliance Manual for Employers The recent Health Insurance Portabililty and Accountability Act (HIPAA) affects more than just the healthcare industry. If your company health plan has 50 or more participants, it may also affect YOU. Our HIPAA Compliance Manual provides guidelines on how to set up and maintain compliance with HIPAA's privacy rules. The manual is written in plain English and will save you time and stress while getting your company policies in place before the April 14th compliance deadline. On sale now for only $169. Call Russ to order at 651-228-7326/800-444-9150 or email him at budin@mnsafetycouncil.org OSHA 10-Hour Program for Construction, March 17-18 AND On-site This course places special emphasis upon those areas in construction that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide. OSHA Training Institute will issue course completion cards. Member: $375 Nonmember: $415 Each additional person from the same company is $295/$335 Can't attend the March course in St. Paul? We can bring the course to your company. Call for details!! Negligent Entrustment and Your Drivers, March 24 Do you have employees who drive motor vehicles during the course of employment? Do you have a clear understanding of what your responsibility as an employer is? Negligent Entrustment and Your Drivers, March 24, will discuss methods for complying with legal responsibilities and avoiding a negligent entrustment claim. To register, contact Tracy Hall at 651-228-7306/800-444-9150; e-mail: thall@mnsafetycouncil.org. Alive at 25...Saving Lives! This NEW 4-hour defensive driving program for young drivers is designed to help them learn more about safe driving practices and change driving behaviors and attitudes. Every year, drivers under age 25 are involved in more than six million collisions, resulting in 14,000 fatalities nationwide. For more information on this program and class locations visit: http://www.mnsafetycouncil.org/ontheroadway/ddc/alive.htm or contact Lisa Kons at (651)228-7330/800-444-9150; e-mail: kons@mnsafetycouncil.org  Safer Since 1928 |
