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 Welcome to the Western North Carolina Human Resources Association, an affiliated Chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management.
On behalf of the Western North Carolina Human Resources Association, I want to welcome you to our website. Our Association has been in existence since 1955 and has been a SHRM Chapter since 1999. Read more in the message from Jonathan
The men's and women's tournaments are expected to have an impact of $4 million in our community. Tickets are available at the Civic Center Box Office, Kimmel Arena
at UNCA and online at Tickemaster. If interested in group tickets, contact Ben
VanCamp at
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Panel Members Needed MAHEC
will be hosting the Southeastern Transgender Health Summit on August 24th
– 25th in Asheville, NC. The Workforce Issues track for this
conference is being planned for human resource professionals and a request for HRCI
recertification credits will be submitted. The planning group is trying to
identify HR professionals who have experience addressing transgender issues in
their workplaces to either serve on a panel or present a case study.
The
panel session will address practical strategies, lessons learned, challenges
and opportunities, etc. from an HR professional’s perspective. The case study
session will present organizations that have successfully implemented an
infrastructure (policies, practices, etc) related to transgendered individuals
in their workplaces.
If you know of anyone who might consider
participating as a panel member or discussing a case study, please have them
contact
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for more information.
The 6th Annual
Homecoming Job Fair Boasted Record Attendance
Thanks to all the WNCHR Association Volunteers. The 6th Annual
Homecoming Job Fair presented by SunTrust Bank hosted its largest employer
participation at 84 registered companies this past Thursday with over 1,300
jobs represented. Job seeker attendance also reached a new high estimated
at over 3,000. Several human resource professionals from various
participating companies commented on the preparation and quality
of job seekers this year. This was due in part to the added Job
Seeker Seminar held in advance of the Job Fair and seminars
held on-site. A special thanks is owed to all of the sponsors,
participating companies and volunteers that make this annual event possible for
our community.
Sustainability: What is Corporate Sustainability and How Can HR Help Make a Business Case For It? Sustainability
OFCCP Proposes Major Changes to Affirmative Action
Regulations for Individuals with Disabilities OFCCP Proposes
Kudos to member Jonathan Yarbrough.
Atlanta-based
national labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP has
been named as a “2012 Go-To Law Firm for the Top 500 Companies” a national
reference guide for corporate law departments published by Corporate Counsel
magazine. According to Incisive
Media, which publishes Corporate Counsel, this honor puts Constangy in
an elite group of law firms that deliver exceptional work for the Fortune 500.
This list will be featured in the 9th annual edition of In-House Law
Departments
at the Top 500 Companies, which will be published the last week of this month. Go-To Law Firms are selected through surveys
sent to each of the Fortune 500’s general counsel asking them which
outside
law firms they turned to for assistance in the featured practice areas. Each
December, the “In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies Directory” is
published, featuring the full list of Go-To Law Firms by company and practice
area. The publication is distributed to general counsel at the Fortune 1000
companies, along with subscribers of Corporate Counsel magazine.
Also,
Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, has been recognized as a top firm for
management-side labor and employment in the 2011 Best Law Firms rankings, a
joint effort between U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers. The firm received
40 local rankings across its offices, recognizing them for their expertise in
areas such as labor and employment law, employee benefits/ERISA and immigration
law. Nationally, the firm was recognized as a leader in both employment and
labor law as well. The firm’s Asheville offices received top rankings in
Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor & Employment.
More
than 9,633 law firms were considered for the rankings, which will be featured
in part in the U.S. News & World Report’s Money issue on November 15.
Rankings were determined through client and attorney rankings and input
combined with millions of evaluations of individual lawyers in these firms in
the most recent Best Lawyers survey of leading lawyers. Hard numbers were also
used to develop the practice area rankings — data about numbers of lawyers and
their previous experience, numbers of clients within different billing ranges,
numbers of transactions and litigation matters at different dollar levels;
pro-bono commitment, diversity, and other objective data.
The U.S. Department of Labor administers
and enforces more than 180 federal employment laws. State and local governments
heap their own regulations in addition to these. With all those rules, laws,
mandates and reporting requirements to keep track of, it’s easy to violate an
employee’s rights without even knowing it.
I asked Jonathan Yarbrough, a North
Carolina-based partner with Constangy Brooks & Smith—a nationwide firm that
concentrates solely on employment law— for some of the inadvertent violations
he’s seen. Here are the situations that he encounters most often.
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Reservations required by: Friday, February 3, 6pm
Save the date!
UNC Asheville Internship & Job Fair 2012
Tuesday, March 20,
2012
11:00am-2:00pm
Wilma M. Sherrill Center
Kimmel Arena Concourse Area
Register
OFCCP Proposes 7 Percent Hiring Goal For Disabled more
HHS Issues Final and Interim Rules on Medical Loss Ratio Requirement
SHRM Workplace Vision Report, Employee Job Satisfaction: The External Forces Influencing Employee Attitudes
Satisfaction-External Forces
Poster Requirements
PPACA & W-2 Form
E-Verify User Manual available on Member Home Page
EEOC Issues Final ADAAA Regulations Available on Member Home Page
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