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Register for this free webinar presented by Casey Kurtz and Mark T. Phillis of Littler Mendelson, P.C., the largest labor and employment law firm in the world exclusively representing management, to get a comprehensive understanding of what these changes are and what the new regulations require of employees and employers. Messrs. Kurtz and Phillis are both “core” members of Littler’s Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation Practice Group. This presentation will provide concrete steps that HR professionals should take to ensure that their company remains in compliance with the FMLA and GINA.

Register today to help ensure your organization is compliant and receive 1 HRCI recertification credit.

Look at the statistics and you realize your workforce is unhealthy: 62% of employees are overweight, among those, 26% are obese. Additionally, 33% of employees show signs of clinical depression. This workshop will introduce human resources staff and managers to the benefits of worksite wellness programming and simple ways to engage employees in programs and initiatives. Worksites have much to gain by offering wellness programming as these programs impact both the top line and bottom line of organizations; top line revenue increases via reduced absenteeism and presenteeism, and bottom line costs are reduced through the containment of healthcare costs. The key to impacting the health of an entire workforce is to implement comprehensive, results-oriented programs and policies. Results-oriented programs include multiple components that are strategically integrated. These strategies should include policies, incentives, on-site programming and high-touch lifestyle change programs. Further, Return-on-Investment (ROI) can be enhanced by including dependents in the programming as they account for 60% of healthcare costs.

Webinar participants will be able to analyze their own wellness programming, identify gaps and solutions, and develop comprehensive models for an effective wellness program. We will also discuss ways to reach and engage more employees and their families in wellness programming.

Discover how to lose guilt and feel better easily through using the groundbreaking Active Energy System. In this talk Adam Shaw explains the role of guilt in wellbeing and how it can inhibit health and wellbeing. If you want to feel better easily, lose guilt and learn a system that can make you and those who you know feel better easily then this event will show you how.

Through a set of steps that you can do as you walk it is possible to easily increase your wellbeing, energy and motivation easily and effortlessly, saving you time and eradicating the need to find extra time for gyms, diets and strenuous exercise routines.

The intense competition and consolidation in the dining industry has forced businesses to continually seek out greater efficiencies and improved yield. As such, effective labor management has become more important than ever for the food and beverage industry.

Management is faced with the daily challenges of increasing guest satisfaction while minimizing employee turnover, and improving the business’ bottom line. Labor management issues such as optimal employee scheduling, wage and hour compliance, and the administration of new legislation such as the Affordable Care Act has forced many organizations to seek out more comprehensive technology beyond the features of existing Point-of-Sale (POS) systems.

Additionally, with labor costs being the largest, variable operational expense for food and beverage organizations (as high as 40% - 50% of costs), management is challenged with ways to reduce labor cost spending while decreasing employee turnover and not jeopardizing customer satisfaction. A comprehensive workforce management solution equips management with tools to monitor real-time staffing information, analyze budget performance and control labor costs, all while continuing to focus on increasing customer satisfaction and profit margins.

Within this session we will highlight the importance of managing labor, increasing labor effectiveness, ways to ensure labor compliance and how to motivate employees in a food and beverage setting. We will discuss strategies for operating your workforce more efficiently and ways to increase overall productivity and profitability.

The goal of this session is also to outline the labor management challenges facing the food and beverage industry and the emerging need for organizations to adopt more sophisticated workforce management solutions in order to stay competitive and to operate more profitability.

Employee health asssessments indicate that as many as 70% of employees report that they 'don't get enough sleep' or are 'often tired at work' and research shows that sleepy employees are sick more often, miss more work and have more accidents and injuries.

What does this mean for your organization? In this presentation, Carolyn Schur, a sleep and fatigue management specialist, will highlight the primary factors contributing to sleep deprivation and outline the consequences for the workplace. She will also provide practical, immediate and long-term organizational measures that can be implemented to ensure better employee performance, health and safety and reduce benefit costs.

This session will review and compare the value of the health risk assessment (HRA) and biometric screening as data collection methods in population health management. A review of how the (HRA) evolved as a primary wellness tool and how its value today is eluding employers and costing employers time and money. Strengths and weakness of an HRA will be discussed and a focus on the “new” data collection opportunity that will yield employer higher levels of results and provide employees (eligible wellness program participants) with a higher level of health awareness. Attendees will be provided with the new insight on the key data elements needed to obtain quantitative snapshot of their population’s health and potential health risks.

Manufacturers today are looking for new ways to increase productivity and control operational costs while continuing to support and focus on strategic growth initiatives. Manufacturing organizations are learning that an easy-to-own, integrated HR & payroll solution provides the complete automation and high-quality information you need to control labor costs, minimize compliance risks, and increase productivity – without the service bureau fees.

Join Kronos and Magnetek to hear how one manufacturer of digital power and motion control systems is using integrated HR & payroll solutions to streamline processes, reduce costs, and increase employee engagement.

Caitie Bowers, Senior Human Resources Generalist, Magnetek, will share insights and best practices on how to:

• Automate error-prone manual HR & payroll transactions
• Assess the impact of bringing payroll in house to eliminate service bureau fees
• Establish a single source for all employee information
• Leverage self-service capabilities to increase employee engagement

In this interactive workshop you will learn what you can do to promote the changing of unhealthy habits – such as smoking, poor diet, over-eating, lack of exercise – as well as emotional factors like lack of respect and good humor in the workplace, all the while creating a healthy physical and psychological environment for your employees.

You will learn about the recent scientific studies on the mind-body connection and how our thoughts and emotions affect our life, workplace relationships and our productivity. You will learn about “emotional contagion” and the importance of having a positive attitude throughout the day, as well as how to promote good mood and healthy habits in the workplace. You will also learn how to invite employees’ participation without “pushing” your agenda by increasing their awareness around those issues, and having them willingly join you in achieving wellness in the workplace.

You’ll learn specific coaching, imagery and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) techniques that you can immediately and safely implement in the workplace to help employees obtain clarity around what habits need to be changed, control “negative voices in the mind”, develop an attitude of gratitude, and create healthy new habits. We will also discuss how to spot “bad behavior” and healthy, yet effective ways to respond to those who might be resistant to these ideas of health and wellness and not ready to let go of their unhealthy habits. You’ll also learn how to offer a support system that your employees may need in overcoming unhealthy habits, helping them in designing action steps and managing their progress.

Engagement is the key in wellness programs- but before you ask your employees to get involved in another wellness program, they need to understand the thought patterns that support health and what keeps people 'stuck". Harnessing behavior is the missing link. Thought patterns are the bedrock of change- how to assess and address the habits, patterns, beliefs and values that keep us from moving forward and going the distance in health. Unless employees have a 'battery pack' they can plug into - they will not have enough emotion to go the distance and they will remain 'double bound.' This is change engineering at its core-

As part of the rich history on the topic of identifying and developing ‘high potential’ employees, literally thousands of books, articles, and research papers have been written. Considering this weight of research, “pet theories” abound, with as many different ideas on how and what to do as there are HR leaders in different organizations. Join Dr. Henryk Krajewski, a recognized leader in BOTH the research and practice of talent assessment and development to share a unifying view of what matters most in selecting – and keeping – the best talent. Dr. Krajewski will distinguish what matters from what doesn’t, dispel popular myths about talent, and help you focus in on winning strategies that will help you attract and retain “differentiated” talent. Specific learning objectives include: • Learning to use compelling “business-language” conversations about the importance of top talent. • Which assessment methods and tests are research supported, and an analysis of those that aren’t. • What empirical research says about the factors proven to attract high potentials. • Gaining knowledge and familiarity with the age-old psychological data that has simply been “recycled” time and time again in popular books re: engagement. • How to use technology to make all of this easier!