Meeting

Our March presentation will be a summary of new developments in employment law that arose during 2013.  In particular, we will look at recent decisions regarding discrimination (e.g., race, gender, age, disability, and other statutorily protected categories,) harassment (both quid pro quo and hostile work environment,) whistleblower claims, retaliation, and arbitration of employment disputes.  We will emphasize New Jersey state law, and focus on developments that are most likely to affect the function of the general HR practitioner.  Beyond discussing

Overview of Affordable Care Act
-legislation in force
Small group market changes in NJ
Small group mandates respective to ACA
Large group changes and mandates
-employer pay or play mandates
Exchanges
-individual
-What is SHOP Small Business Health Options Program
 a review of product carriers into the market
ACA legislation on the horizon

Our January presentation will be a summary of new developments in employment law that arose during 2013.  In particular, we will look at recent decisions regarding discrimination (e.g., race, gender, age, disability, and other statutorily protected categories,) harassment (both quid pro quo and hostile work environment,) whistleblower claims, retaliation, and arbitration of employment disputes.  We will emphasize New Jersey state law, and focus on developments that are most likely to affect the function of the general HR practitioner.  Beyond discussi

Human Resources is in a critical position to have a significant impact on the companies they work for – today and into the foreseeable future. It is becoming increasingly apparent that HR needs to be the driving force behind how a company finds and builds a winning team to execute its business plans and strategies. As a result, HR must be involved in every aspect of their company operations to identify the opportunities that exist between people issues and their company’s profitability and growth.

As the world of business and our needs continue to shift, we must understand what it really takes to translate our core initiatives into performance improvement that yields breakthrough results. We will learn and experience real time the 5-step platform it takes to do that for any c-level, project based, department or companywide initiative while driving immediate impact to your critical objectives.

You’ll learn about:

Step Up and Play Big – Be an Exceptional HR Leader

One of the ongoing challenges all leaders have is how to elevate their level of performance. Today’s economic and competitive climate demands a change. Organizations to successfully compete in this new economy need exceptional functional experts to be the leaders. HR professionals are in the spotlight to "lead by example". Surprisingly, even with this opportunity ahead of them, far too many professionals get comfortable with doing just enough to get by.

GATEWAY SHRM PRESENTS:
Summary of New Developments in Employment Law that are
Most Likely to Affect the Function of the General HR Practitioner

Likely topics to be touched upon this year include: