Built for Manufacturers nationwide
Textile & Apparel HR Solutions
Production workforce management, OSHA textile safety compliance, and high-turnover retention strategies for textile and apparel manufacturers in the US.
- Serving all 50 states
- Certified HR practitioners
- Since 1958
Textile & Apparel HR Challenges
HR Challenges Unique to Your Industry
- 1High turnover among hourly sewing, cutting, and textile production workers
- 2OSHA cotton dust, noise, and ergonomic compliance for textile environments
- 3Complex piece-rate and incentive pay structures and FLSA compliance
- 4Background checks and drug testing for production and warehouse roles
- 5Workers comp claims management for textile machinery and repetitive motion injuries
- 6Seasonal and fashion-cycle workforce fluctuations in apparel production
- 7Multi-site compliance for brands with manufacturing nationwide
Catapult Solutions
How Catapult HR Helps
- Retention programs for hourly textile and apparel production workforces
- OSHA cotton dust, noise, and ergonomic safety compliance documentation
- Piece-rate and incentive pay FLSA compliance review
- Background checks and drug screening for production roles
- Workers comp integration and textile machinery injury management
- Seasonal onboarding and offboarding for fashion-cycle production
- Employment law guidance and HR compliance audits
By the numbers
Why textile & apparel HR needs a specialist
2.5
Recordable injury cases per 100 full-time textile mill workers in 2024, vs 2.3 private
Yearly
Medical surveillance OSHA requires for employees exposed to cotton dust above the action level
200 µg/m³
OSHA cotton dust exposure limit in yarn manufacturing, as an 8-hour average
What we do
HR Services for Textile & Apparel Employers
Expert support across the HR functions that matter most to your industry
ComplianceBackground & Drug TestingPre-employment background checks and drug screening for production and warehouse roles.Learn more →
ComplianceHR Compliance AuditFull HR audit for textile and apparel manufacturers against OSHA and federal and state employment law standards.Learn more →
HR AdvisoryUnlimited HR AdviceSame-day answers from certified HR practitioners on policies, employee issues and compliance questions.Learn more →
What members say
“Catapult has the answer to everything HR. They were very helpful to us for an issue we needed an answer to quickly. Our members use them as well and have had their issues resolved.”
HR Built for Textile & Apparel, Keeping Your Production Lines and Your People
Our practitioners understand OSHA textile safety, piece-rate compliance, and the high-turnover workforce challenges unique to textile and apparel manufacturers in the US.