CHRS Seminar Info

Note: The days on which the seminar topics are taught may vary.

Monday

Strategic HR Management

Featured topics:

• Defining Human Resources
• Human Resources Challenges
• Traditional and Strategic Human Resources
• Ethical Issues in Human Resources

Employment Law & Ethics

• The major employment law statutes
• Employment-at-Will and Just Cause Issues
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
• Harassment Issues
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Immigration Reform and Control Act
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Your State's Employment Laws
• Privacy Issues
• Human Resources Recordkeeping and Reporting
  • Information that Must be Kept and Required Retention Periods
  • Fair Information Practices
  • Collection, Dissemination, Retention, and Recordkeeping Policies and Tools
  • Disposal of Information Regarding Employees References
  • Access to Personnel Files by Employees
  • The Ideal Personnel File

Tuesday

Employment Law & Ethics (continued)

• The major employment law statutes
• Employment-at-Will and Just Cause Issues
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
• Harassment Issues
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Immigration Reform and Control Act
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Your State's Employment Laws
• Privacy Issues
• Human Resources Recordkeeping and Reporting
  • Information that Must be Kept and Required Retention Periods
  • Fair Information Practices
  • Collection, Dissemination, Retention, and Recordkeeping Policies and Tools
  • Disposal of Information Regarding Employees References
  • Access to Personnel Files by Employees
  • The Ideal Personnel File

Job Analysis

• Job analysis: the building block of HR systems
• Methods and sources of job analysis information
• Legal aspects of job analysis
• Job Descriptions and job specifications

Health, Safety and Security in the Workplace

• Security Management: Workplace Violence
• Approaches to Effective Safety Management
• Workplace Health Issues and Health Promotion Levels

Compensation and Benefits

• Goals and Structure of Modern Employee Compensation and Benefits Programs
• Value of Indirect Compensation
• Compensation Approaches
• Compensation/Benefits Administration and the Law
• Employee vs. Independent Contractor Issues
• Internal Equity and Market Competitiveness
• Job Evaluation and Establishing Pay Structures
• Competency-Based Pay

Wednesday

Staffing

• Forecasting HR Needs
• Recruitment Techniques
• Employment Applications
• Pre-Employment Inquiries Including Background Investigations and Reference Checks
• Selection Devices: Uses and Misuses
• Conducting effective interviews
• Medical Examinations and Drug Testing
• Selection and Placement
• The Probationary Period
• New Employee Orientation

Thursday

• Principles of Adult Learning
• Needs Assessments
• Developing Training Strategies: Formalized, On the Job, Just In Time, Alternative Methods
• Enhancing the Transfer of Learning: from Training Room to Job Performance
• Evaluating Training and Development Efforts

Training and Development

• Principles of Adult Learning
• Needs Assessments
• Developing Training Strategies: Formalized, On the Job, Just In Time, Alternative Methods
• Enhancing the Transfer of Learning: from Training Room to Job Performance
• Evaluating Training and Development Efforts

Performance Appraisal and Management

• Objectives of Performance Management Programs
• Appraisal Methods: Advantages and Disadvantages
• Implementation Strategies
• System Design Considerations

Friday

Labor Relations

• Discipline in Union and Nonunion Settings
• Analyzing and Solving People Problems
• Importance of Disciplinary Investigations
• Determining Proper Corrective Action
• Special Considerations in Discharge Cases
• Employment at Will vs. Dismissal for Cause
• The Importance of Documentation
• Preventing and Resolving Employee Complaints and Grievances
  • Complaints and Grievance Procedures
  • Unionized/Non-unionized Organizations
  • Minimizing Complaints and Grievances
  • Investigating and Resolving Employee Complaints

HR Metrics

• Identifying What to Measure and Why
• Focusing on Standardization/Accuracy of Data
• Understanding the Measurements
• Measurements that drive organizational success
  • Alignment and Integration
  • Right Costs and Investments
  • Right Deliverables and Outcomes

The Business Case for HR

• Elements of an HR Business case
• Presenting HR projects and initiatives to others