NCAE offers web seminar on mitigating heat stress for farmworkers

(NCAE)

The Washington, D.C.-based National Council of Agricultural Employers is offering a web seminar on methods to reduce heat stress for farmworkers.

“In anticipation of climbing temperatures later this spring and into the summer, NCAE and its members continue the organization’s commitment to the health and safety of America’s essential farmworkers,”  Michael Marsh, president and CEO, said in a news release. “This online seminar extends NCAE’s commitment to our collaborative efforts with the National Center for Farmworker Health in protecting worker safety and well-being.  The event will put front and center how agricultural employers can protect their employees in the face of changing environmental conditions.”

The web event, called “Mitigating Heat Stress and Increasing Productivity” will be hosted by Bethany Boggess Alcauter, director of evaluation and national agricultural worker health program for the National Center for Farmworker Health.

The event is set for  April 28 at 1 p.m. Eastern, according to the release. Participants will be eligible to receive one Professional Development Credit from the Society for Human Resource Management upon completion of the online seminar, the release said.

“Our educational and compliance webinars are extremely popular and typically fill up very quickly,” Marsh said in the release. :  "Please register as soon as possible to ensure you secure your spot in this important discussion.”


For more information about web seminar, see this web page at the NCAE.
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