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Human Resources
Professional Recertification Credit Courses
Human Resources Management Academy
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Instructor: Jim Weischedel, Samaritan Business Consulting Entire series approved for 22 credit hours towards PHR, SPHR and GPHR professional re-certification. Each session approved for 1.84 SHRM credit hours. September 2020 - December 2021 | 8:00 am – 10:00 am each session
Register for the entire academy!
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to manage people • Increase confidence in knowing your processes are fully in compliance • Be up to date on current laws that affect your company’s practices • Ask questions and gain insight into industry-specific best practices
Sessions in the Series:
Conducting Investigations, Disciplining, and Terminating Employees
September 16, 2020, or October 20, 2021 Deal with Tough Issues Legally and Effectively Increase your understanding and discover: • How to conduct a professional internal employee conduct investigation • How to set up effective disciplinary action and termination processes • The appropriate steps in a progressive disciplinary action process • Typical disciplinary action steps for a variety of infractions • Key issues to consider prior to terminating an employee • Legal risks and exposure when improperly terminating an employee
Employee Relations and Engagement
October 21, 2020, or November 17, 2021 Strategies for Retaining Your Best Talent Increase your understanding and discover: • HR’s role in employee relations • Modern research on employee engagement • The impact employee engagement can have on an organization’s profits and other key business performance indications • The key elements of employee engagement • Practical examples to increase engagement • How to measure employee engagement • Strategies to retain key employees and improve overall retention rates
Employee Orientation, Training and Development
November 18, 2020, or December 15, 2021 Onboarding, Career Ladders and Promotion Planning Increase your understanding and discover: • Key elements in effective employee orientation programs • How to identify and use competencies for positions • Conducting competency-based skills gap analysis and creating development plans • How to create a succession plan for key positions within organizations • Developing career ladders • Promoting leaders from within and the key evaluation competencies
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Sessions in the Academy (cont.):
Pay, Benefits and Other Rewards
December 16, 2020, or January 19, 2022 Creative Compensation Solutions for the Modern Workforce Increase your understanding and discover: • How to set up a compensation structure • Key steps in job evaluations • Creating variable pay plans • Managing a merit pay increase process • Key components of executive compensation • How to develop and execute benefit strategies • Benchmarking benefit plans • Cafeteria plans • Other creative rewards that can engage and retain the workforce
Safety, Security, Health &
Leaves of Absence Management
January 20, 2021, or February 15, 2022 OSHA, ADA, Violence, Fitness, Workers’ Comp and Reporting Increase your understanding and discover: • The mechanics and challenges of managing
FMLA and other leaves of absence (medical, personal, military, jury duty, etc.) • An overview of OSHA and what it takes to comply with their regulations • How to set up and run a safety committee • The basics of drug testing processes • Ways to maintain security in the workplace • Health issues facing HR, including managing
ADA, fitness for duty exams, and employees posing a serious health risk to organizations • Ways to effectively manage workers’ compensation processes, including recordkeeping and reporting
Introduction to the
HR Management Academy
March 17, 2021 Foundational Skills Training on the Key Issues, Laws and Best Practices in HR • Identify HR’s strategic, operational and administrative roles within an organization • Understand how to effectively manage organizational change • Learn methods of HR strategic planning and key management competencies • Foster culture development and effective communication systems • Balance organizational needs and employee advocacy • Promote ethics in business
Employment Laws, Compliance, and
Minimizing Risk
April 21, 2021 Understand Specific HR Laws and Their Potential Impacts Increase your understanding and discover: • The primary employment laws that impact
HR processes • Illegal discrimination and harassment risks and prevention strategies • Ways to minimize employment legal risk • Employment laws, regulations and their agencies • How to properly classify jobs as exempt or nonexempt under the FLSA • Ways to minimize risk associated with wage and hour violations • Basic concepts of unions and union avoidance strategies • Key policies contained in an
Employee Handbook
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Sessions in the Academy (cont.):
Job Descriptions, HR Recordkeeping and Reporting
May 19, 2021 Key Areas of Focus in HR Evaluation Audits Increase your understanding and discover: • How to write an effective job description • The relationship between job descriptions and other key HR processes • Key records employers must create and maintain • Key HR reporting requirements • How to set up a personnel file • How to set up an HR records retention schedule • Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action plans • The benefits of conducting an HR compliance and effectiveness audit • The key areas HR auditors evaluate
Effective Recruiting and Hiring
June 16, 2021 Brand Your Company to Attract the Right Talent Increase your understanding and discover: • Effective recruiting strategies and sources • How to create an attractive employment brand and advertisements • How to establish an effective hiring process • The advantages of promoting from within • Questions interviewers can and cannot legally ask in an interview • Ways to handle difficult hiring topics (e.g., reasonable accommodations of applicants under the Americans with Disabilities Act)
Behavioral-Based Interviewing
July 21, 2021 Hiring the Right Fit for the Position and Culture Increase your understanding and discover: • How to establish critical competencies for positions • How to develop behavior-based interviewing questions that target critical competencies • How to interview for organizational cultural fit and values
Employment Assessments
August 18, 2021 Incorporating Assessments Into Hiring and Staff Development Increase your understanding and discover: • The background and science behind assessments • Effective and legal assessments used in the hiring process • Assessments used for employee development and team building • How assessments can be used for technical skills (e.g., mechanical aptitude, Microsoft
Excel®, keyboarding) • Incorporating assessments into hiring and development processes
“In every class in the series you learn better how to perform your job.”
– Shaun Brandel, Ames Construction, Inc.
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Sessions in the Academy (cont.):
Coaching Employees, Performance
Feedback and Appraisal
September 15, 2021 Best Practices for Expectations, Goals and Appraisals Increase your understanding and discover: • How to effectively set employee expectations and goals • Coaching to engage and improve performance • How to have difficult conversations regarding poor performance • How to establish a performance appraisal instrument and process • Traditional vs. new and innovative ways of administering performance appraisals • Best practices on delivering performance appraisals to employees
Join the Series at any time!
“The series gave me new ideas and insights to apply to my company, and I enjoyed the interaction of the class. I plan to use what I learned to better connect and grow relationships in the workplace.”
– Katherine Pendrak, Leon E. Wintermyer, Inc.
For additional class information, updates, and registration, go online: abckeystone.org
COVID-19 Safety Update: Your health and safety are our number one priority. Total registration numbers may need to be limited to observe safety requirements, and we encourage you to register early. Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation.
