Human Resources 101 

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March 16- 17, 2005 

May 23 - 24, 2005 
November 14 - 15, 2005

“This program has been approved for 6 recertification credit hours per day toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information, www.hrci.org.”

Choose Two day Course or Day One Only or Day Two Only.

The critically acclaimed business seminar is a 2-day program that provides an opportunity to gain the legal knowledge and practical skills to help individuals new to the HR field.  The program is paced for anyone with new HR responsibilities including non-HR Managers and Supervisors, Department Secretaries, Administrators with HR responsibilities, Administrative Assistants, or anyone who has an interest in gaining HR knowledge and skills.  Benefits include:

• Gain a thorough understanding of accepted HR policies and procedures and employment law.
• Acquire tools to protect your organization from serious risk.
• Develop skills that will increase your value to your department and organization

This 2-day program provides proven, practical applied employment law and effective HR practice education that quickly provides the tools you need in a format you can relate to.  We've organized this course to give you what you've been looking for--clear, concise information that gives you the practical do's and don'ts of smart employee management.  In a few enjoyable hours, you'll not only know the steps that help keep an employer out of trouble, you'll understand why best practice makes sense.

Day One:  The Layperson's Short Course on Applied Employment Law

• The Legal Arena and the Evolution of Employment Law

• Employment-at-will and Its Exception

• Discrimination - What It Is, What It Is Not

• The Do's and Dont's of Interviews, Ads, Applications and Offers

• The Alphabet Soup of HR - From the VII to FMLA

• Expressed & Implied Contracts and Their Impact on Employment-at-will

• Case Law, Civil Law and Burden of Proof

• Performance Improvement, Disciplinary Action and Risk Management

• Sexual Harassment

• Defamation & False Light; Avoiding the Tarnished Reputation

• Termination:  The Art of Parting Gracefully

• Record Keeping 101 - A Strategy to Provide Notice

• Exempt and Non-Exempt Designations and Their Impact

• The How and Why of Effective Investigations

• Strategies for Avoiding Invasion of Privacy

Day Two:  Understanding the Process of Effective HR Practice

• The Business Process & Business Cycles - How They Impact a Company's HR Needs

• The Evolution of the HR Profession

• An Overview of Core HR Competencies

• Relationship Development - Strategies for Providing "Valued" Value

• Recruiting and Retention 

• Compensation and Benefit Issues & Answers

• Training & Development

• Record Keeping - An Outline of What to Keep and Commonly Accepted Record Retention Strategy

• Risk Management - Policy, Safety and Fairness

About our Instructor

Jim Vance, PE, SPHR, is a former HR Director and Training Director, who transitioned from successful careers in engineering to Human Resources and then to speaking and consulting.  A Covey Leadership certified trainer and a former top presenter for a national seminar company, Vance has spoken to business audiences in thirty-eight states.  Vance has dealt with a broad variety of personnel issues and has led high volume staffing efforts that filled management, labor and technical positions.  His experience as a consultant engaged in long-term assignments brings balance and perspective to the critical issues of workplace communication, employment practice and getting things done through others.