September’s GMA SHRM Summit focuses on what’s hot in legal developments for HR professionals. If you are looking to minimize your legal exposure with the office parties you hold or in the new legal developments of HR, you are encouraged to attend this in depth legal GMA SHRM Summit.
Presenter Bob Gregg will split his presentation into two valuable sessions: Office Parties: When Good Times Turn Bad. What is the Employer’s Liability?and New Legal Topics for HR.
Office Parties: When Good Times Turn Bad. What is the Employer’s Liability? Office parties are fun. They boost morale. They can also go over the line and result in company and personal liability. Holiday parties have ended up in court on issues of drunken driving, assault and battery, sexual harassment, racial and even religious discrimination.
This session of the program explores “the line” between a good time and liability. Do you know what your risks are and how to protect your company and yourself? Attend NOW – in time to plan ahead for this year’s party season!
Learning Objectives:
Participants will understand liability issues with office parties
Participants will learn how to minimize liability issues
Participants will learn how to coach management to act appropriately on behalf of their organizations
Hot Legal Topics for HR Things are happening in HR law! The DOL is issuing new FMLA regulations. By September, the U.S. Supreme Court will have decided seven employment law cases, some radically changing aspects of liability and practice. Congress is still at work on legislation. Technology continues to result in new cases in workplace privacy and electronic records discovery.
This session of the program will cover the hottest of these newest developments and what HR professionals need to know.
Learning Objectives
Participants will understand what is relevant in HR law
Participants will understand the impact of relevant law changes
Participants will identify ways to implement law changes at their organizations
Our Presenter - Bob Gregg , Partner, The Boardman Law Firm
Bob Gregg, a partner at the Boardman Law Firm in Madison, Wisconsin, has been involved in Employment Relations and Civil Rights work for more than 30 years. He litigates and serves as an expert witness in employment cases. His main emphasis is helping employers achieve enhances productivity, creating positive work environments, and resolving employment problems before they generate lawsuits. Bob has conducted over 2,000 seminars throughout the United States and authored numerous articles on practical employment issues. His career has encompassed canoe guide, carpenter, laborer, Army Sergeant, social worker, educator, business owner, Equal Employment Opportunity officer, and an employment relations attorney. Bob is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, the National Speakers Association, and is a National Faculty Member of the American Association for Affirmative Action.
Compensation Survey Review Description
GMA SHRM has teamed with enetrix, a compensation survey developer with over 10 years of experience, to conduct this year's Salary Survey. This session will review the compensation survey data and provide information on how to utilize and access the survey.
For more information contact:
GMA SHRM Management Team
2830 Agriculture Dr.
Madison, WI 53718
(608) 204-9814
fax (608) 204-9818 chapteradmin@gmashrm.org
