Chapter Meeting

The target audience for this seminar is HR professionals and any small business owners.  There are many reasons businesses offer retirement plans to their employees.  Attracting and retaining high quality individuals, providing tax advantaged ways for employees and owners to save for retirement are two primary reasons.  There are a number of different retirement plans that businesses of different sizes and demographics can offer.  Each of these plans has different rules and administrative requirements.  Choosing the right one for your business is a very important de

The target audience for this seminar is HR professionals and any small business owners.  This session will look at what impact upon the workplace might be anticipated, if any, by President Trump’s judicial and agency appointments in his first two years of office.  We will also review recent developments in the courts and law making bodies that have an effect on employment and labor laws, and thereby affect the jobs of HR professionals.  Topics will include a review of significant legislation and cases in areas such as sexual harassment, disability discrimination, retali

In this class, we will explore some of the recent trends in disability accommodations, including the use of emotional support animals, navigating the recent developments of medical marijuana, and addressing disability related performance issues/misconduct.  First, we will look into the use of emotional support animals and how employers should assess an employee’s request to bring an emotional support animal to work.  Next, we will discuss the evolving landscape of medicinal marijuana laws across the nation, dive into Minnesota’s medical marijuana law, and go through do

Presenter: Jillian Kornblatt partner with Dorsey & Whitney law firm

CMJTS works with businesses in all sectors and job seekers of all ages to support economic self-sufficiency and regional economic growth.  Tim Zipoy will explore how CMJTS’ work-based training options can benefit your business and community.  He will explore with you new ways to grow and access talent through career pathway training, internships and volunteer programs, and sector partnerships, associations, and job fairs.  This informative presentation is interactive and responsive to your business needs. 

Objectives are:

Tim Zipoy will share "the best kept secrets" from the Minnesota Workforce System.

• Understand and know how to access the business resources and training options available through CMITS and the Minnesota Workforce Center System.
• Learn how the local and regional labor market affects your business recruitment strategies.
• Discover what businesses like yours are doing to address the current labor shortage.
• Identify partnerships that will enhance your business and advance your community's sucess.

The target audience for this seminar is HR professionals and any small business owners.  What is our talent strategy?  Why is it taking so long to fill this job?  When should I call an agency recruiter?  Why isn’t my recruiter sending me more candidates?  All questions you and your hiring managers have probably asked.  In this session Tiffany Kuehl will discuss these questions with you.

The target audience for this seminar is HR professionals and any small business owners.  Employment engagement for better retention has been a hot topic for several years.  How to get it?  Will management support it?  Management wants company growth and higher profits.

How does HR get the buy in of a profit thinking management to support a program to help retain employees?  Beneficial Engagement.

Geoffrey Scheer, Managing Director of the training firm Access Communications, will provide a one-hour “Respect in the Workplace” training program in sexual harassment awareness and diversity.  Geoffrey will invite members of the audience (or use predetermined chapter members/Board Members) to perform several brief scenes with him depicting situations of discrimination and harassment.  The audience will then be invited to suggest ways the various situations can best be handled, and alternative behaviors will be demonstrated and evaluated.  Each scenario is followe