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Sarah Decorah
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The Wisconsin Grocers Association offers up-to-date publications and required postings. Click here for a product order form.

Member Products

What WGA has to offer, you can't get anywhere else.

1. Child Labor Law Employment and Equipment Guidelines are laminated, with grommets, and ready to post. This list is based on research done by the Human Resource Share Group in contact with state and federal agencies. Two sheets of valuable information include equipment usage guidelines for minors and a complete listing of hours and times of day minors may work. $10

2. Understanding the Law on Bad Checks and Retail Theft Thirty-nine pages of information to help grocery retailers better understand the laws that pertain to bad checks and retail theft.
$25 for members/$75 for non-members.

3. WGA’s Human Resource Share Group Checklist and Best Practices includes information on applications, interviews , orientations, pre-employment test, OSHA training verification, record keeping requirements and more. This extensive booklet is supplemented by over a dozen useful samples plus contact information for the agencies that can help make your HR department run more smoothly. $10

4. WGA SuperPoster The WGA SuperPoster brings together in one poster the required signage. Be sure you’re meeting mandatory state and federal employee postings, including minimum wage law. Current poster includes all required postings as of January 2010. Posters are updated during the fall of each year. $12.50 each for quantities of 10 or more posters, $20 each for smaller quantities.

The up-to-date 2010 SUPERPOSTER is orange in color – if you need to order one - please contact SARAH DECORAH in the WGA Office:  sdecorah@wisconsingrocers.com

5. Wisconsin Identification Register booklets help keep you safe from prosecution of selling restricted products to underage customers. $10

6. Anti-shoplifting and “You Must be 21” stickers are free to WGA members. FREE

7. OSHA Compliance Kit Each OSHA Compliance Kit contains four personalized binders, two MSDS Binders (Employee and Master Copy), an OSHA Compliance Manual, Hazardous Communication Standard Binder, training videos on Supermarket Safety Orientation and Chemical Safety, 25 copies of the Hazardous Communication Standard “Employee Right to Know” Guide, 25 copies of the Lockout/Tagout Procedure Guide, 12 copies of the Hazard Communication Contractor Verification Forms, 12 copies of the Contractor Verification Forms, Safety Check Lists, OSHA Form 300 with the 2002 Record Keeping Rule Change and more. $209

8. The WGA Coupon Redemption Program is an exclusive service for members. Contact Sarah Decorah at WGA for details. FREE

9. 2007 Wage and Benefit Survey Survey compiles grocer information from across the state on topics like wages, employee incentive packages, and benefits. $25

10. Food Safety Kit training materials include six-step video training with separate videos on these topics: personal hygiene, hand washing, cross contamination, cleaning and sanitizing, time and temperature, protecting your customer. Each topic includes review sheets and quizzes. Kits come with facilitator materials: “Train the Trainer” video, facilitator notebook, certificates of completion and training log.
Store materials are included: departmental checklists, restroom cleaning checklists, store posters, consumer handouts. Also, you’ll find equipment, including two probe thermometers, one hanging thermometer, two boxes of plastic gloves, one box of vinyl gloves and more. $309