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This session will provide a background on how lean thinking and tools can help safety and any HR function. Following the teachings of W. Edwards Deming, Toyota created a production system, now commonly referred to as lean production. What is not well understood is that “lean” works in any office and business, regardless of size. Whether healthcare, small enterprise, food service, or non – profit, “lean” can help improve teamwork, culture and drive continuous improvement, but only if we go back to basics and strip away the mystery that this thinking is only for the manufacturing floor. Participants in the session will gain new insight into both “how” and “why” standards should be developed.

USCIS recently released a new Form I-9 that all US employers will be required to use for new hires, rehires, and reverification starting May 7, 2013. This webinar will address changes to the Form as well as address continued compliance concerns associated with I-9 and E-Verify policies and recordkeeping. In this regard, Office of Special Counsel and Immigration Customs and Enforcement actions will be reviewed to identify areas where employer representatives should focus and recommend corrective action. It will also assess recent cases and settlements to identify employer concerns and best business practices companies should put in place. The webinar will review proposed immigration reform and likely changes to E-Verify and the use of the I-9 Form in the future.

Social media is a double-edged sword. It offers a wealth of opportunities for greater connection and communication with your customers and among your employees. It can help you recruit and retain the best employees. It can be a source for new ideas and innovations that are the lifeblood of growth. But social media also poses unprecedented new risks and challenges for your business. It can expose you to legal liability. It can drain productivity. And it even allows a wayward employees to harm your reputation irreparably with the push of a button. If more than half of the country is interacting via this technology, how can you afford not to understand the risks and protect your business?

This presentation provides an in-depth look at the issues employers face on a daily basis regarding the Internet, e-mail usage, and social networking tools. These issues include the different mediums of social media that now exist and the related legal problems, for example, in the hiring of employees, communication and crisis planning, employee discipline, social media policies, post-employment scenarios, and other legal issues associated with social media. The legal implications of social media law are both new and constantly evolving, and it is important for your organization to have an understanding of the impact they can have on your business, both for legal reasons and clear employee communications.

Lack of convenient access to forms and documents can be frustrating for employees and your HR staff, as tracking down the right files can take hours or even days. Document-intensive processes, such as onboarding, are also challenging, with missing or incomplete forms that delay the process, raise compliance concerns and waste HR staff time. In this presentation, you’ll learn how content management solutions, HR portals and forms software can give employees direct yet secure access to their documents, simplify and speed up complex HR processes, reduce clerical work and give your HR staff more time for value-added activities and tasks.

Why is it that HR budgets are often the first to be cut in economic downturns? Is it possible that some HR professionals have the opportunity to improve their financial literacy as the basis for defending their budgets? This presentation provides a solid overview of how to present and defend budgets from a perspective understood by C-suite executives. Three key human capital metrics will be discussed which can potentially improve the way ROI in human capital is managed and measured. In addition, step will be suggested for HR professionals to take the same steps as their functional counterparts in budget submission.

Occupational injury and illness incidents in health care and social assistance have been known to account for 1 out of 5 incidents in private industry. Improve your posture and prevent the pain and strain of all day working with these simple tips that can be applied immediately. Education on the movements that can cause discomfort or pain and recommended strategies to use can prevent issues from arising and relieving some present symptoms. Improve your posture and prevent the pain and strain of all day working with these simple tips that can be applied immediately. The goal is to maintain efficiency and prevent injury from developing when long periods of repetitive type movements have to be performed. By implementing simple techniques with education, fewer complaints can be the result.

Focusing on the candidate experience is more than explaining to an applicant where he/she stands in the application process or the ability to send courteous rejection emails. Addressing the candidate experience entails taking a holistic approach to talent engagement and management — and incidentally making the recruiter's experience much better than what it is - because today, with the systems they use, no matter how diligent they are, it's virtually impossible for them to "bridge the talent gap." The central part of the recruiting process in the social media era is an engagement platform, i.e. an employer branded space by where candidates, sourcers and recruiters can meet and interact — and where constituencies can operate comfortably each on their own terms.

I have over 1200 contacts on Linked In, a few hundred friends on Facebook, I have a good deal of followers on Twitter and on my Facebook Fan Page and my blog. A few weeks ago, I polled them. I asked, “If you could only commit one hour to a webinar, what is the topic that you would make time for?” The overwhelming answer came back – “We know that we need to update or change our recruiting strategies and processes, but can you show us how it should look? Guide us through what an effective model looks like.”

So, here it is. I am going to tackle this BIG issue and walk you through how to establish an effective recruiting strategy, stellar sourcing and screening processes, the best technologies, and the mindset and goals of your recruiting staff should grasp. AND, it’s only going to take an hour – just like the TV shows.

In a few short years, handheld electronic devices have reshaped the workplace. According to one survey, businesses experienced productivity gains of up to 36 percent from employees who use personal as well as work-issued devices to perform their job.

While e-mail and calendar applications are the most popular, more enterprises are starting to implement line-of-business apps that promote greater efficiency, such as mobile vendor management system (VMS) technology. The same functions that many HR professionals now perform on their computer – creating requisitions, selecting candidates, approving timesheets and setting up reports – can now be done from a phone or tablet.

In this webinar, we will discuss the benefits of a Mobile VMS, how you can leverage them and how they can make you more efficient. We will also explore the questions that should be asked when reviewing Mobile VMS options.