Bitsch, Vera 2008. Labor most important issue facing the industry today.
Vegetable Growers News 42 (3), 32-3.
Bitsch, Vera 2007. Department of Homeland Security issues new rule on
no-match letters. Michigan
Dairy Review 12 (4), 10-11.
Bitsch, Vera 2007. Proposed legislation to impact dairy labor. Michigan Dairy Review
12 (2), 4-5.
Bitsch, Vera, 2006. Responding to interpersonal conflicts in Dairy Farms.
Michigan Dairy
Review 11 (7), 5, 14-5.
Reed, Susan and Vera Bitsch 2006.
Labor laws and
Bitsch, Vera 2005. Farmers need to
prevent sexual harassment, retaliation. Michigan Dairy
Review 10 (4), p. 5-6.
Bitsch, Vera 2005. Employees are a
resource: Relationships and retention. Michigan Milk
Messenger 88 (September, 3), p. 16-7.
Bitsch, Vera and Amin W. Mugera 2005. Employees: A source of competitive advantage.
Michigan Dairy
Review 10 (1), p. 14-17.
Bitsch, Vera 2004. 2004 Labor update (part 1). Michigan Dairy Review 9 (2), p. 12-14.
Bitsch, Vera 2004. 2004 Labor update (part 2). Michigan
Dairy Review 9 (3),
p. 9-11.
Bitsch, Vera, Stephen B. Harsh and Amin W. Mugera 2004. Top
managers share employee tips and traps: A recent Michigan survey shows what
tactics work and don’t work with employees on their farms. Hoard’s Dairyman-The
National Dairy Farm Magazine 149 (3), February 10, 2004, p. 95.
Bitsch, Vera 2004. Benefits and perks help keep employees.
Michigan Christmas Tree Journal 52 (1), p. 14-15.
Harms, Nancy and Vera Bitsch 2004. Agricultural Employers Checklist. Michigan Christmas Tree Journal 52 (1), p. 16-17.
Bitsch, Vera, Stephen B. Harsh and Amin W. Mugera 2003. Managing people – risks and opportunities. Michigan Dairy Review 8 (4), 10-12.
Bitsch, Vera and Dean Ross 2003. The I-9 Employment Eligibility
Verification Form, Michigan Dairy Review 8 (1), 13-14.
Bitsch, Vera 2002. Housing,
other non-monetary benefits retain employees. Fruit Growers News Notes 41 (2),
30, also Vegetable Growers News 36 (1), 26-27.
Bitsch, Vera 2002. Keeping you best employees with benefits. Michigan
Dairy Review 7 (3),
3-4.
Bitsch, Vera 2002. Family business – Family or business? Michigan
Dairy Review 7 (2),
4-5.
Bitsch, Vera and Dean Ross 2002. Get serious about selecting
employees. Michigan Dairy Review 7 (1), 7-9.
Bitsch, Vera 2001. Sorting out
the family from the business. The Voice of the Michigan Nursery and Landscape
Association 44 (6), 49-51, 55, also The Mayflower: Massachusetts Flower Grower’
Association 2001-2002 (3), 1-3, and Fruit
Notes of New England 66 (Special Combined Issue), 47-49.
Bitsch, Vera and Dean Ross 2001. Finding employees: Improving the odds. Michigan Dairy Review 6 (4), 9-10, also reprinted in WSU Dairy News.
Bitsch, Vera 2001. Keeping trouble in the family out of the family business. Fruit Growers News 40 (9), 8-10, also Vegetable Growers News 35 (8), 19-21.
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