UW Oshkosh in sponsorship with The New North, WISHRM and Oshkosh Area SHRM, present:

“Social Justice Event – Employment Law Briefing and Diversity Session”

Thursday, April 1, 2010
Location: UW Oshkosh in the Reeve Ballroom
Parking Information:  Parking available (no permit required) in lots 13, 15, 32 and lower level of the parking ramp. Campus map (PDF)

Schedule:

Fees:

$30 for Morning Session Only – includes continental breakfast with the Hot Topics in Employment Law session

$30 for Afternoon Session Only -  includes lunch with the Organizational Diversity: Building Inclusion in the Global-American Workforce session

$50 for the entire day - includes continental breakfast, the Hot Topics in Employment Law session, lunch, and the Organizational Diversity: Building Inclusion in the Global-American Workforce session

Free for Students – but you must register

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations are accepted up to 2 days before the program. Substitutions are allowed. If you RSVP and fail to show, you will be invoiced accordingly.

Both sessions have been submitted to the HRCI for credits towards PHR/SPHR recertification. Approval is currently pending.

Hot Topics in Employment Law

• Legislative and Executive Branch Update - The Obama Administration's emphasis on labor and employment issues over the past year
• Impact of Sotomayor on the US Supreme Court
• Developments in Equal Employment Opportunity Law, including the June 29, 2009 Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DeStefano - Employment Preferences: Doing "The Right Thing" - Examination of preferential employment actions in light of Ricci v. DeStefano
• Interim Final Regulations for the Mental Health Parity Act
• Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)
• The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 - ADA Update: Who is an "Individual with a Disability? and a discussion of the EEOC's regulations regarding the ADAAA
• ADA/FMLA Case Study focusing on Overlap Issues
• The New FMLA over a year after the Final Regulations - The FMLA: One Year Later - Recent DOL regulations and case developments on managing intermittent leave abusers, DOL forms, contact with an employee's health care provider, notice of leave
• The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 – Case and Practice
• Employer Best Practices for Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities
• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
• Workplace Safety and H1N1
• Implementing and Monitoring Privacy Policies
• Ethics in Labor and Employment
• Retaliation Claims
• Conducting Lawful Reductions-in-Force

The speakers for this sessions are all from Davis & Kuelthau Attorneys:

James R. Macy, Tony J. Renning, Chad P. Wade, Geoffrey S. Trotier, Geoffrey A. Lacy, Robert W. Burns

Organizational Diversity: Building Inclusion in the Global-American Workforce
This session will provide an overview of diversity, as well as specific demographics, statistics and resources specific to Wisconsin and its Fox Valley Region. An outline of the event is listed below.

Introduction and Objectives
     Objectives and goals for the learning session
           Individual and Organizational

The More Things Change, The More They Remain the Same
     Defining diversity
     Hate crimes
     Diversity in the news (current topics)
     Workforce demographics
     EEOC claims and settlement costs
     Protected classes
     Being “middle class”

Sense of Community
     How we want people to experience work
     Own experiences recognizing diversity
           “making sense” of rational perspectives
           Putting experiences into “context”
     Mutual respect and dignity
     Generational Diversity
     Understanding impressions
           Bias, discrimination, stereotypes and prejudices
           Media influences

Making Diversity Meaningful
     Talent Management: Hiring and Selecting
           Bias based on perceived ethnicity based on name
     Performance Management:  Retaining, Developing and Promoting
           Coaching for success

Business Case for Diversity and the New Global America
     Made in “America”
     Managing and valuing diversity
     Global workforce, customers and vendors
     Profitability and return on investment
     Core organizational values

Action Plan
     Business strategy for valuing diversity

About the Speaker:  Sharif S. Mansur

Sharif Mansur is a human capital strategist with experiences as a senior consultant for the two largest career transition, leadership consulting and workforce planning firms in the world; and as a human resources manager for a global Fortune 120 company.

Currently, he assists companies in strategy development and execution plans for organizational diversity,  team dynamics, communication, building high performance and committed cultures, organizational development and redesign, change management, enhancing employee engagement, increasing job satisfaction, enriching talent and performance coaching, and aligning resources to enhance human relations and drive business results. 

Sharif holds Master’s degrees in Education and Psychology from Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN.  He has taught full-time in business management, organizational communications, and psychology. Sharif is an adjunct faculty in management and human resource management for Cardinal Stritch University – teaching undergraduate and graduate students.