By Chip Hutcheson
President/National Newspaper Association and
Publisher/The Times Leader, Princeton, KY

I got the mail today.

A couple of bills. A greeting card. Some catalogs. A newspaper. One package that my wife grabbed right away. (Wonder what that was?)

Lately, it occurs to me how completely I take for granted that I will get the mail tomorrow.

I've had my share of gripes about the mail. As president of the National Newspaper Association, I have fielded our community newspaper members' postal concerns all year. The mail is slower than it used to be. The U.S. Postal Service slowed it down by a day, at least, because of financial problems. Newspaper subscribers are unhappy because too often their papers are arriving late. Some local businesses have had problems with cash flow because of late mail.

Still, I get the mail every day but Sunday. Bet you do, too.

If you follow the news, you know the U.S. Postal Service is in trouble. Because so many people and businesses use the internet, there isn't as much mail to deliver. But we still expect the mail to come. At my newspaper, we look for it on Saturdays, too, because weekend mail is extremely important in small towns. (Congress considered ending Saturday mail, but thankfully it has dropped that idea for now.) More 

Harrisburg, PA for a presentation by Michael Zinser, President of The Zinser Law Firm, P.C., at the request of PNA.

Informed by his extensive background handling independent contractor and labor relations issues particular to newspapers, Michael will address the following pressing issues and more:

• The importance of the written Agreement;
• The contracting process;
• Mistakes to avoid in the contract administration process;
• The National Labor Relations Board's war on independent contractors and its long-awaited Joint Employer Decision; and
• The U.S. Department of Labor's new memo attacking independent contractor status under the Federal Wage And Hour Law.

Michael will also cross-examine a District Manager on factors of independent contractor status, in the context of how the issues are addressed in administrative hearings at the state and federal levels.

After a catered lunch, there will be a full afternoon program with additional speakers, including Rick Hively of Wilson Gregory. Stay tuned for additional speaker announcements!

Note: This workshop is part of PNA's two-day Best Practices Workshop: Grow Revenue/Grow Audience. The workshop registration fee (which includes catered lunch) is $159 for PNA and I-SCMA members and $209 for non-members. To learn about additional workshop speakers and to register, please click here.