Human Resource Management:
Issues, Answers, and Best Practices

Four half-day workshops for small business owners and human resource professionals.

Choose specific sessions or save by attending all four workshops!

1. Hiring and Firing Issues
2. HR and a Motivated Workforce
3. Writing Your Employee Handbook
4. Top 10 Most Common HR Mistakes (and how to avoid them!)

Your employees are your greatest asset. They can also be a source of frustration, and in worst-case scenarios, the basis for expensive legal action. Managing human resources is one of the most important, complicated and risky aspects of running a small business.

 

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Date/Time/Location

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
8:30 am to noon	Hiring and Firing Issues
1:00 to 4:30 pm.	HR and a Motivated Workforce
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
8:30 am to noon	Writing Your Employee Handbook
1:00 to 4:30 pm.	Top 10 Most Common HR Mistakes

29 Pines / Sleep Inn & Suites Conference Center
5872 33rd Avenue (intersection of Hwy 29 and County Rd T)
Eau Claire, WI 54703
715-874-2900

For directions please use MapQuest Do NOT use Google for directions as their listing for 29 Pines is incorrect.

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Workshops

Employment: Hiring and Firing
Instructor: Roger Jones

Learn how to use employment references wisely. Avoid the pain and potential liability of employee termination by learning how to evaluate risks, prepare proper documentation, plan termination meetings, and conduct exit interviews. Discover how to avoid making common hiring mistakes that cause problems and create future legal exposure.

HR and a Motivated Workforce
Instructor:  Bob Pecor

Do your people go home at the end of the day “feeling good about themselves?” In small businesses, the person who serves as "HR manager" is uniquely positioned to create and maintain a motivated workforce. Examine how a  HR manager influences information flow, impacts employees' sense of satisfaction for valued work, creates an appreciation for the compensation package, and adds value for the company culture.

Writing Your Employee Handbook
Instructor:  Roger Jones

As personnel issues become more complex you must understand the implications of your policies. Effective policies lead to consistent treatment of employees, reduce discrimination, and enhance productivity.  Learn the legal status of employee handbooks, discover how to avoid common pitfalls when writing your handbook, and discuss how to introduce your handbook to employees.  BONUS:  You receive a sample handbook to guide you when developing your own!

Top 10 Most Common HR Mistakes (and how to avoid them!)
Instructor:  Steve Weld

Discover the ten most common legal mistakes businesses make regarding human resource management, so you can avoid them. Reduce your risk of incurring legal action and avoid unnecessary litigation expenses by reviewing recent changes in HR laws which may affect your workplace. 

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Objectives

Expert instructors use plain language to explain the legal requirements connected to key HR issues. Investigate what it takes to create a fair, positive, comfortable work environment. Whether you are the owner or the office manager for your small business, if you wear the “HR manager” hat, these issues affect your business. By expanding what you know about critical human resources management issues, you can:

• Reduce your risk for law suits
• Improve employee retention
• Reduce the costs of hiring mistakes
• Create a workplace appropriate for all types of people
• Work more effectively with your legal counsel
• Increase workforce satisfaction and motivation

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Presenters

Roger Jones has over 20 years of management and human resource experience with Fortune 500 companies. His expertise includes leadership training, organizational development, executive coaching, workforce management, employee relations, compensation, succession planning, performance management, consulting, facilitating, and staffing. Before founding Human Resource Management Services in Rochester, MN, Roger was the Midwest Campus HR Director for Celestica Corporation and the Technical Resources Manager for Imation Corporation. Both positions followed a distinguished management career with IBM. Roger is certified as a Facilitative Leadership instructor, Career Transition Associate, and is a SHRM Professional in Human Resources.  Roger’s extensive practical experience provides a wealth of examples for discussions.

Bob Pecor  coaches key people in organizations to enhance their professional effectiveness. He provides customized workplace and individual-specific solutions to common performance problems. His life-long interest in understanding "why people do what they do" underlies his involvement in individual behavior and performance. His enthusiastic and energetic seminar facilitation style generates top reviews by workshop participants. Currently the principal of Coaching Forward, an executive coaching firm in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Bob has also served as sales manager, HR manager, and general manager for several small businesses, which  provided opportunities to humbly practice what he preaches.

Steve Weld is the president of Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci, S.C., a 33-lawyer firm located in Eau Claire. He focuses his practice on management, labor and employment law. Steve is a contributing author to Municipal Labor Relations in Wisconsin and How Arbitration Works. He has been included in The Best Lawyers in America since 1996 based on a peer review survey, and has been named a Wisconsin Super Lawyer by Law and Politics since 2005.  He currently chairs the Board of Directors for the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce. Steve has taught workshops on legal issues for small business people for many years. His wry sense of humor and down-to-earth presentation style help you understand the legal concepts important to your business.

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Fee

Program Fee: Includes instruction, materials, refreshments, and CEUs.

Each Session: $89 per person
Entire Series: $296 per person (a savings of $60)

Accommodations:
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Marilyn Kanne at 715-836-5811, toll-free 800-582-5182, or use the Wisconsin Relay system by dialing 7-1-1-715-836-5811.

Transfers/Cancellations:
To receive a full refund, you must cancel no later than five business days prior to the start of the program. Cancellations after this time will receive a refund, less a $25 administrative fee. Substitutions may be made at any time.  Just call the Continuing Education office (715-836-5811 or 1-800-582-5182) and we will take care of everything. If you no show or cancel the day of the program, you are responsible for the full program fee. Walk-ins are welcome—please call 24 hours ahead to ensure space availability. If you transfer to another small business seminar, a $25 transfer fee is applied to each transfer.

CEUs/Contact Hours/Academic Credit

Participants will receive .35 Continuing Education Units for each workshop attended.

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