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October 2012 October 2012 October 2012
UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS
2012 WI State SHRM Conference Date: October 3rd-5th Place: Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI
“Labor & Employment Law Legal Update” with Shana Lewis
Date: Tuesday, October 9th Time: 7:30a.m.-9:30a.m. Place: Beloit Country Club Approved for 1.00 (General ) recertification credit
hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.
The SourceThe SourceThe Source Southern Wisconsin– Northern Illinois
SHRM CHAPTER 71
IN THIS ISSUEIN THIS ISSUEIN THIS ISSUE HR Professionals Day 2 Meeting Notice 3 Legal Update 4 Job Opportunities 5 Workforce Development 6 Save the Dates 7 BHRA Board Members 8
BHRA Welcomes Our BHRA Welcomes Our BHRA Welcomes Our
Newest Members! Newest Members! Newest Members! Barbara Bishop, North American Tool Corp. Katie Brunke, Kerry, Inc. Diane Eickman, Diamond Foods, Inc. Amy Hansen, MPC Amy Hilt, Kerry Inc. Nancy Hutter, Diamond Foods, Inc. Greg Hyland, Kerry, Inc. John Indra, Colony Brands, Inc. Michelle Kern, MPC Christi Lancaster, North American Tool Corp. Marianne Nielson, Kerry, Inc. Joseph Nucum, Premier Rehabilitation Tabitha Roth, Diamond Foods, Inc.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Governor Scott Walker of the State of Wisconsin proclaims Human Resources
Professionals Day
Wisconsin – The State of Wisconsin Office of Governor Scott Walker has issued a
proclamation declaring Thursday, October 4, 2012 as Human Resources Professionals Day,
stating:
The State of Wisconsin recognizes the importance of the Human Resources profession in
the recruitment, development and retention of a qualified workforce for Wisconsin’s
employers; and
Wisconsin’s Human Resources Professionals are trained and responsible for the strategic
planning to put the right people, in the right place, at the right time, with the right attitude
to meet the needs of Wisconsin’s consumers of goods and services; and The Human Resources Professional has become a vitally important part of every organiza-
tion in this country accepting ethical responsibility for promoting and fostering fairness
and justice for all employees.
The Wisconsin Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) State Council will
celebrate Human Resources Professionals Day at the 26th Annual Wisconsin State SHRM
Conference being held at the Kalahari Resort & Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI.
This conference runs from October 3-5 and will provide relevant and comprehensive
professional development programs and networking opportunities. More information on the
conference can be found at www.wishrm.org.
The Wisconsin SHRM Council represents human resource professionals in the State of
Wisconsin and is supported through the national Society for Human Resource Management
(SHRM), a non-profit professional association. Wisconsin has 19 local SHRM chapters across
the state, that each provide programming and networking opportunities in the local area.
BHRA appreciates all that you do BHRA appreciates all that you do BHRA appreciates all that you do
for your profession!for your profession!for your profession!
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Meeting Notice
Labor and Employment Law Legal Update (Wisconsin)
This presentation will highlight the significant developments in the area of Labor and Employment Law during the last two years. The information presented will include, but not be limited to, Wisconsin employment law changes, federal wage and hour law cases, the developing theory of retaliation, and the NLRB's changing views on protected concerted activity. This presentation will discuss important legal issues facing human resource professionals in today’s workplace. Our speaker, Shana Lewis, Attorney at Law, Davis and Kuelthau S.C. has extensive experience in school, municipal, labor, and employment law. She represents private and public sector employers in a broad range of labor and employment law matters, including family and medical leave, harassment, employment contracts, and collective bargaining. Shana's practice focuses on representing school districts throughout the State on issues ranging from labor and employment matters to pupil discipline, open meetings, public records, and other matters of import to Wisconsin schools.
"This program has been approved for 1.00 (General ) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.” "The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute(HRCI) of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HRCI’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."
Please Register by Thursday, October 4, 2012 through either of the links below:
Eventbrite
Labor and Employment Law Legal Update
Online payment is no longer available. You must either mail payment or pay at the door.
Thank you to our October Corporate Sponsor! Nick Ludovico Assistant Vice-President, Sales 1520 N. LaSalle Dr. Chicago, IL 60610 Direct: 312-787-0128 Cell: 215-272-5899 Fax: 610.825.7776 E-mail: [email protected]
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A federal judge in the Eastern District of Michigan awarded a $22,783,500 civil class action lawsuit that involved more than 30,500 U.S. residents that were duped into purchasing fake high school diplomas from Belford High School. Pakistani based Belford High School and Belford University sold thousands of fake high school and college diplomas to online education seekers. The settlement also requires the defendant to turn over several domain names held by the company which include: www.belfordhighschool.org, www.belfordhighschoo.com, www.belforduniversity.org, and www.belforduniversity.com. Currently, these website are no longer active. Although a substantial payout from this lawsuit, this is only a drop in the bucket to the billion dollar diploma mill industry. Diploma mills offer high school or college degrees online to individuals for a nominal fee. Many only require a simple online test to qualify or rely on past life experience as a qualification for hundreds of hours of course work. The United States Remains the Leader in Diploma Mills According to a report “Diploma Mills: New Trend in Credential Abuse” released from U.K. based Verifile Limited, the United States remains the world’s capital in housing known diploma mills. According to the 2011 report, there has been a 20% increase in diploma mills from 810 to 1,000 and 40% of those firms operate in California, Hawaii, Washington, and Florida with the highest increase in the District of Columbia from 19 to 33 diploma mill since 2010. This fraudulent practice continues to be a growing concern here in the United States with no current federal legislation to curb its growth. Only states like AL, CA, HI, ID, IN, ME, MI, MS, MO, NV, NJ, ND, OR, SD, TX VA, WA, WY have passed legislation that includes civil and/or criminal penalties and fines to violators manufacturing such degrees, and certain states even include lan-guage of criminal prosecution of anyone knowingly using a fraudulent degree for employment or personal gain. A Lesson for Employers At the expense of U.S. Tax Payers and unsuspecting employers, fake diplomas are often used to obtain a higher pay grade upon application, or even used to obtain undeserved pay raises during their employ-ment. For many positions, additional education credentials can equate to more dollars. Applicants/Employees can complete a quick application and pay a nominal fee to obtain a fake degree, and with little to no effort could receive a pay-raise worth thousands per year. This horrific practice also creates poten-tial risks to public safety and even national security. Think about an unqualified engineer responsible for designing airplanes or at the controls of a nuclear plant; or the supposedly well educated executive you just hired to lead and grow your organization without the experience your background to perform the job. The use of fraudulent degrees can hurt productivity, increase turn-over and even expose your corpo-rate brand in a negative light to the public. These scenarios could end in a complete catastrophe for your company. In addition, this practice harms legitimate institutes of higher education.
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Temporary HR Recruiter Temporary HR Recruiter Temporary HR Recruiter
Stoughton Trailers, LLC has an immediate opening for a temporary HR professional for a recruiting position. Previous recruiting experience is desired, as well as a general knowledge of state and federal employment laws.
The primary purpose of this position is to recruit qualified candidates for manufacturing positions. These include assembly, material control,
sheet metal, welders and painters. This supports our department in assisting managers to maintain enough people to make our finished
product the best quality built trailers in the industry. Duties will include but are not limited to advertising, reviewing applications, conducting interviews, checking references, conducting tours, administering drug
tests, and doing background checks.
Stoughton Trailers, LLC has been the world class leader in the manufacturing of semi trailers and related products for over 50 years.
Manufacturing facilities in Stoughton, Evansville and Brodhead, Wisconsin.
If interested, send resume to [email protected] or by phone 608-877-7703.
Internship CoordinatorInternship CoordinatorInternship Coordinator
Blackhawk Technical College has an opening for an Internship Coordinator, reporting to the Vice President of Student Services, has two areas of responsibility: internship develop-
ment/management and career coaching. Primary duties include: building relationships with job and internship placement organizations, developing and communicating internship
information, facilitating career and internship programs and workshops, reviewing internship candidate employment application materials, identifying possible
internship placements, and other career and internship program development activities.
If interested, please go to http://blackhawk.simplehire.com/postings/643 for more information.
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Wisconsin’s Technical Colleges Win $18.3 Wisconsin’s Technical Colleges Win $18.3 Wisconsin’s Technical Colleges Win $18.3 MillionMillionMillion
in Federal Workforce Training Grantsin Federal Workforce Training Grantsin Federal Workforce Training Grants MADISON – Wisconsin’s skilled workforce will benefit from $18.3 million in new federal funds awarded to improve and enhance job training, with $17.9 million targeted to innovative worker training for high skilled jobs in advanced manufacturing. “These awards demonstrate federal recognition of Wisconsin’s leadership in successfully using innovative methods to improve the availability and quality of Wisconsin’s skilled workforce,” said Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Vice president for Teaching and Learning Kathleen Cullen. “By focusing on training Wisconsin workers for advanced manufacturing, we continue the long WTCS tradition as a major contributor to the growth of Wisconsin’s business climate. I want to personally thank the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development for its support in receiving these grants.” "We are pleased to work with the technical colleges on this initiative," Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Reggie Newson said. "The manufacturing sector has seen the addition of thousands of good-paying, family-supporting jobs since Governor Walker took office, and we look forward to continued collaborations with the technical colleges, private-sector employers and other partners to address the skills gap and to grow Wisconsin's economy." The 16 colleges that make up the WTCS will share a $14.9 million grant award for the four-year “Making the Future” project to develop, expand and improve advanced manufacturing career pathways. “This grant award is an example of the strength that comes from the 16 WTCS colleges working together to leverage new resources that will help our individual colleges focus on the best strategies to meet the specific local and regional needs of our business and industry partners,” said Jeff Rafn, President of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, which is serving as the consortium leader for the “Making the Future” project. Fox Valley Technical College will receive a separate $2,999,750 grant for its Advanced Manufacturing Pathways Plus (AMP Plus) to expand flexible learning options in four advanced manufacturing pathways to meet the needs of employers and retrain dislocated workers in the Fox Valley area. Madison Area Technical College will receive $412,736 as part of a separate multistate consortium lead by Forsyth Technical Community College in North Carolina, focusing on bioscience competencies in laboratory skills. The federal grants were awarded through the U.S. Department of Labor as part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grants and include rigorous outcome evaluation requirements. All education materials developed through the grants will be available for use by the public and other education providers. Additional information about the grants is available from the U.S. Department of Labor at http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20121885.htm.
News Release, For Immediate Release: Sept. 20, 2012, Contacts: Kathy Cullen, 608-266-9399
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You are cordially invited to attend an Employer Focus Group on Creating a Job Ready Workforce, hosted by The Com-
munity Action Employment and Training Department. Please join us for breakfast as we share with you the work that we are currently doing to ensure that our participants are job ready and brain-
storm with us as we seek your guidance on ways that we can more effectively
partner with employers to train a work-force with the hard and soft skill sets
necessary to meet your needs.
“The Future of HR: What's Next for the
Profession?”
On December 11th, BHRA and the Blackhawk Tech student
chapter will join forces! Our guest speaker will be Nancy Conway, SHRM
Field Services Director for the North Central
Region.
We will enjoy a lunch meeting from 11:30 – 1:00 at
Blackhawk Technical College (North Commons),
6004 S. County Rd. G., Janesville.
November 13th, BHRA will be joining
with the Jefferson County HR Chapter, Walworth HR Chapter, and the UW-Whitewater Student SHRM
Chapter for a dinner meeting.
The meeting will be held at UW-Whitewater Hyland School of
Business.
5:30 Registration 6:00 Dinner
7:00 Speaker
More information will be coming!
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2012-2013 BHRA Board Members President Thelma Busker, PHR (608) 362-6896 [email protected] President Elect Jessica Zimbelman (608) 373-8901 [email protected] Past Pres/SHRM Foundation/Legisl. Colleen Koerth, PHR (608) 743-4421 [email protected] Treasurer Heather McLean, PHR (608) 363-2628 [email protected] Communications Director Liz Warner (608) 754-8148 [email protected] Professional Development Director Anne Pesik, SPHR (608) 290-1423 [email protected] Meeting & Reservations Director Kim Fagan, PHR (608) 364-8264 [email protected] Membership/Member Relations Dir Kathy Buechel, SPRH (608) 741-5506 [email protected] Diversity Director Traci Scherck (608) 755-2470 [email protected] Workforce Readiness/ Legislative Dir Andrew Coogan (608) 754-6382 [email protected]
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Interested in Corporate Sponsorship?Interested in Corporate Sponsorship?Interested in Corporate Sponsorship?
You’re in luck, BHRA still has openings! It is a great way to reach out to our 135+ members!
Monthly Sponsor - $300.00 Includes:
Logo and link on BHRA website, sponsors tab
Logo included on Meeting Announcement/RSVP Request
3 Minute Presentation at start of Member Meeting
Table/Booth at event
Business card size ad in that month’s newsletter 2 Representatives attend sponsored member meeting at no
cost
BHRA reserves the right to approve or deny any advertising/
sponsorship request.
Please contact Jessica Zimbelman at 608-373-8901 or [email protected] for more information or to purchase a sponsorship.
