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PA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Announces Spring Breakfast Meeting “Trucking Defense 2.0″

The NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership in collaboration with NEPA Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) announces our Spring, 2012, free breakfast meeting:

Do your drivers know what to do in the case of an accident to protect themselves and your company?
Can you afford not to be proactive in the awareness of legal & safety protocol in the case of litigation?
Get answers you can trust from a legitimate source…

 Join us on March 23rd at the Valley Country Club, Sugarloaf, PA  for:

 “Trucking Defense 2.0 – Aggressive Defense of Trucking Litigation,”*

Presented by Douglas B. Marcello, Founding partner – Marcello & Kivisto, LLC…
Transportation Attorney with a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)

Learn about – The aggressive defense of claims, tactics used against the industry, accident response, and new means of evidence.

 *This program has been approved for 2.00 general recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR & GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

Who should attend?

  • HR Professionals
  • Transportation Divisions
  • Management & CEOs
  • Recruiters
  • Fleet, Capacity, Safety ops managers
  • Instructors within industry
  • Anyone with need to build protocol for safety concerning drivers

Breakfast (free): 7:45-8:15am    Meeting (free): 8:15-10:30am    Date: March 23, 2012

Valley Country Club, 79 Country Club Ln, Sugarloaf, PA

 Registration is required –  Please respond by March 19th  

Forward (1) Name (2) Company & Position (3) Email address & Phone number (4) Requesting SHRM Certification? (yes/no)

Send via email – information@lswib.org or Send via fax- 570 970 4050 (Attention: Patti) – wait for confirmation

The NEPA L&T Industry Partnership is supported by the L/SWIB and is a joint effort with Lackawanna, Northern Tier, Pocono Counties Workforce Investment Boards.

Fall meeting information with take aways available…

The NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Fall meeting was held on Oct 14, 2011, at Valley Country Club in West Hazleton. Michael Carroll, PA State Representative, District #118 lead off the meeting with industry commentary from the state perspective, followed by King’s College with internship availability and the Center for Independent Living with information on National Disability Employment Month.

Presenter, Rim Yurkus, President & CEO, Strategic Programs, Inc. engaged attendees on Driver Engagement and Retention Best Practices: A Journey from Good to Great. Mr. Yurkus’s take aways and power point presentation available here. Partner members found information relevant and usable in driver recruiting with ways to ensure hiring success.

Lucyann Vierling, Executive Director, Luzerne Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board, Inc., which oversees the partnership, wrapped up our meeting.

Rim Yurkus, President/CEO Strategic Programs, Inc., presents during Oct 14 meeting

From left to right, Kim Lorimer, VP, Evans Network of Companies & NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Executive Committee member; Rim Yurkus, President/CEO Strategic Programs, Inc., Lucyann Vierling, Executive Director, Luzerne Schyulkill Workforce Investment Board, Inc., Diane Wren, NEPA L&T Industry Partnership Program Manager