Wine and Cheese Tasting
Wednesday 10 March 2010
6:30PM-8:00PM
Jacobs, Kirby & Coolidge, LLC
4355 Coral Park Drive
Enjoy great wines, cheeses, fruits, crackers and company
Bring a guest
LAW Seminars
Georgia Southern University has teamed up with labor law attorneys to bring you up-to-date, practical training on key HR-law issues. Complete your LAW (Legal Awareness in the Workplace) updates "one bite at a time" when you have the time and the need to know a particular topic. Human Resource professionals, supervisors, and other business leaders attend these 90-minute training seminars on the employment law issues of their choice. New topics run monthly either at the Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah or the Coastal Georgia Community College, Brunswick. Seminars are on Tuesdays unless noted below.
Each topic is conveniently scheduled from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. If you have a (Senior) Professional in Human Resources certification, each seminar provides 1.5 hours of PHR/SPHR recertification credit hours. You may register now for any three or more LAW seminars, and get a $10 discount off each $69 seminar.
Sincerely,
J. Marie Lutz, SPHR
REGISTRATION: (912) 681-5551 or http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/lawseminar.html
NOTE: Registration closes at 5 pm on the Friday before each Tuesday evening class.
LAW Seminar
LAW 112: New Hire Documentation
Learn which documents must be filled in, archived and/or forwarded to the government when a new employee is hired in your firm. From advertisements to interview notes, offer letters to background checks to W-4 and I-9 forms, this seminar will take you through the vital components of hiring.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
College of Coastal Georgia, BRUNSWICK, GA
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HR Management Certificate
Certificate in Professional HR Management
SHRM Webcasts
All the SHRM webcasts below are free of charge unless otherwise noted. All qualify for PHR and SPHR recertification credit, unless noted. Those qualifying for strategic or GPHR credit are indicated.
Open All Year: Wellness Options Beyond Open-Enrollment Season
Feb. 18, 2010, 2 p.m. ET
Sponsored by: Avivia Health
Many employers make their workers aware of health-care benefits during open-enrollment season. While this is a necessary approach for primary health insurance coverage, recruiting participation in other health care and wellness initiatives can take place at any time during the year. Indeed, many employers have found that communicating about such options leads to greater employee participation in them. In this program, Michael Wood, senior consultant in health and productivity at Towers Watson, will describe strategies used for providing health care options throughout the year, incentives for encouraging employee participation and methods for effectively communicating with workers about their benefit choices year-round.
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Employment Law Trends Watch: Compliance Efforts in a Year of Change and Recovery
Feb. 23, 2010, 2 p.m. ET
Keeping up on the trends is critical to protecting your organization in a time of unprecedented employment law risk and legislative and regulatory activity. In this program, attorneys Ilyse Shuman and Reid Bowman will review the latest EEO trends, including new, tougher enforcement efforts by the EEOC, and discuss compliance strategies for the coming year.
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March 2, 2010, 2 p.m. ET
With increased funding and a mandate to crack down on workplace safety violations, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is embarking on a major initiative to increase enforcement. For employers, this means more inspections, special emphasis programs and complaint investigations. In this webcast, Edwin Foulke, a partner at the law firm Fisher & Phillips and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health under President George W. Bush, will explain OSHA's 2010 enforcement strategy.
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Effectively Handling OSHA's New Enforcement-Driven Initiatives 
March 17, 2010, 2 p.m. ET
Many employers have put on hold their plans to update or expand HR technology. Now, with many companies beginning to emerge from a recessionary mindset, HR departments must assess their HR management systems and technology and, where needed, build the business case for new investment. In this webcast, co-presented with IHRIM, Jacqueline Kuhn of Kuhn Consulting Group will review the components of an HR process and technology effectiveness audit -- how to conduct one and why doing so is important, even if your company isn't on the verge of making an HRMS investment.
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The HR Process and Technology Effectiveness Audit Recertification Credit 
Unless otherwise noted, SHRM Online webcasts count for one hour of general PHR/SPHR or GPHR recertification credit. In some cases, the webcasts may count toward SPHR strategic management or GPHR international recertification credit if the subject matter can be tied directly to those portions of the bodies of knowledge. Recent WebcastsAll the SHRM webcasts below are free of charge unless otherwise noted.
February 2010
The IRS recently launched what it calls a "national research program," which will randomly select and audit 6,000 employers over the next three years. The IRS will be looking at employers' compliance regarding the very grey area of worker classifications, fringe benefits, owner compensation and reimbursed expenses. In this program, Kevin Johnson, an attorney and former IRS agent, will describe steps you can take to review your employee/independent contractor classification practices and how to prepare if you are audited.
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Worker or Contractor: The IRS May Decide For You
February 2010
Stay interviews are supervisor-driven tools that put your leaders in the retention seat, as they hear first-hand why employees stay. In that way, they can be far more effective exit interviews. In this program, retention guru and author Dick Finnegan reviews specific questions that can be used in such interviews and how to center the discussion on elements within supervisors' and HR's control.
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Before It's Too Late: The Stay Interview
January 2009
An effective employee evaluation not only can stimulate improvement, but it also provides a strong defense in litigation. This program, featuring attorney and HR Magazine contributing editor Jonathan Segal, will cover 12 of the most common mistakes in evaluations, with recommendations for how to minimize the risks so that you can get obtain full value from the appraisal process.
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Evaluating the Evaluators
January 2009
While better times for your organization and team may not yet be the reality, several signs point to a better 2010. To prepare for a healthier economy, managers will have to dust off some old management practices while embracing some new ones. In this program, author and consultant Leila Bulling Towne discusses the most effective steps you can take and how they will help your organization, your team members and your personal professional development.
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Ready, Set, Recover! Management Best Practices as the Recession Ebbs
December 2009
Employers who have not recently conducted a self-audit of their company's retirement plans are leaving themselves open to costly penalties and forced remedies should the Labor Department or IRS come to call. In this webcast, Jewell Lim Esposito of the law firm Chamberlain Hrdlicka will go over the Labor Department's audit list for 2010 and describe how you, as a plan fiduciary, can avoid painful and costly plan mistakes. She'll also outline free or low-cost strategies for analyzing your retirement plan costs and the investment options your plan offers.
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Auditing Your Retirement Plans