HRSentry has teamed up with Champlain College’s Workforce Development Center to offer a series of online workshops in human resource management. Now more than ever, it is important to handle your HR challenges professionally and with minimal risk. This HR series is designed to help small to medium size organizations gain the expertise they need to manage risk and at the same time, provide excellent service and a welcoming workplace environment to employees.

What You Must Know About Equal Opportunity in Employment under the Law
How can you keep your organization safe?
March 15 – May 7
April 26 – June 18
May 17 – July 2

(32 SHRM PHR,SPHR, and GPHR recertification hours)

Preventing Discrimination in Hiring and Managing Employees
What does it mean for your organization?
April 5 – May 7
May 17 – June 18

(20 SHRM PHR,SPHR, and GPHR recertification hours)

Motivating Employees for Optimal Performance
Effective Performance Management Systems
April 5 – May 7
May 17 – June 18

(20 SHRM PHR,SPHR, and GPHR recertification hours)

Finding and Keeping the Right People
HR Best Practices
April 5 – May 7
May 17 – June 18

(20 SHRM PHR,SPHR, and GPHR recertification hours)

The first of the Online Human Resource Management Workshop Series begins in March. All workshops will be offered on a rotating schedule every six to nine weeks. See the program website has scheduling details.

HRCI Seal

These workshops have been pre-approved by the HR Certification Institute, the training arm of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) for PHR, SPHR, and GPHR re-certification credits. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

Learn more about all four workshops and register online, Visit the workshops homepage. Discounts apply for participants who register for multiple workshops. Ask how.

HRSentry is proud to announce that we have been selected by LegalZoom.com, the nation’s leading online legal document and filing service, to be a preferred provider of HR compliance services.  This partnership will give LegalZoom.com users access to HRSentry’s online human resource center as part of LegalZoom.com’s Business Resource Network. The partnership provides LegalZoom.com’s customers, who often have newly formed businesses, a trusted provider of federal and state employment laws, hr forms, policies, procedures, posters, and training.  Visit LegalZoom.com’s Business Resource Network here.

Join us on thursday January 21st from 2:00 - 3:00pm for a free webinar on total compensation presented by Brenda JM Sabin, CBP HRSentry’s Director of Operations and Site Administration.  Do you give your employees Total Compensation Statements (sometimes called Benefit Statements)? If you do, do your employees actually understand them? If you don’t, why not?

Total Compensation Statements if created and communicated correctly can have a huge impact and lower your turnover rates. If communicated incorrectly they can have a disastrous affect on employee morale. Learn all the components of a Total Compensation Statement and learn key ideas on how to communicate these correctly to your workforce.  Click here to sign up.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that 93,277 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the federal agency nationwide during Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, the second highest level ever, and monetary relief obtained for victims totaled over $376 million.

The FY 2009 data show that private sector job bias charges (which include those filed against state and local governments) alleging discrimination based on disability, religion and/or national origin hit record highs. The number of charges alleging age-based discrimination reached the second-highest level ever. Continuing a decade-long trend, the most frequently filed charges with the EEOC in FY 2009 were charges alleging discrimination based on race (36%), retaliation (36%), and sex-based discrimination (30%). Multiple types of discrimination may be alleged in a single charge filing.

1997-2009 Report by Discrimination Type:  http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/enforcement/charges.cfm

Don’t let your organization become one of these statistics. Login to your HRSentry account now to access key information you need to know.

Outback Steakhouse has settled a class-action sex discrimination suit for $19m.  The suit, filed in 2003, alleges that Outback Steakhouse “denied women equal opportunities for advancement and discriminated against female workers in the terms and conditions of their employment.  Women were denied favorable job assignments, such as kitchen management experience, which is required for workers to be considered for higher-level, profit-sharing management positions, the EEOC maintained.”  Outback Steakhouse’s parent company, OSI Restaurant Partners, has denied all the allegations and stress that the settlement includes no finding of fault on Outback’s behalf.  Recently hired CEO Liz Smith stated she was pleased to resolve the “legacy issue” with the EEOC.  “There is no glass ceiling at OSI, and we do not tolerate discrimination in any form,” she added. “I have a profound commitment to ensuring not only equal, but very compelling and rewarding employment opportunities for all individuals.”

In order to address this issue further, the company has agreed to hire a consultant to analyze their current process, create a new position called “vice president of people”, as well as unveiling a new online application system for current workers seeking managerial jobs.  This new system will be available for employees to have direct access to apply and test for job openings across the country.  In addition to creating the vice president of people job, OSI spokesman Joe Kadow said they had enlarged its human resources staff and increased their role.

Cultures of discrimination can lead to very costly lawsuits as Outback Steakhouse learned the hard way.  There are many ways to help protect your company including have clear and effective policies and procedures in place for hiring, firing, promotions, and evaluations.  As the number one online provider of hr forms, documents, policies, laws, training, and education, HRSentry can help you.  Visit our homepage for more information on how you can reduce your risk today.