2009 SHRM Annual Conference Blog

Preparing for H1N1 in the Workplace:
HR Experts Urge Congress to Utilize SHRM Resources
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How to respond to the H1N1 pandemic is a question on the minds of many Americans – including millions of employers.  To assist in helping your constituents deal with the many questions facing employers, employees and American families, SHRM has prepared a […Read More…]

SHRM Testifies Before Senate Hearing on H1N1 and Paid Sick Leave

by Lisa Horn, SHRM Manager, Health Care
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Yesterday, Labor Relations Special Expertise Panel Member Elissa O’Brien testified on behalf of SHRM before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families at a hearing titled the Cost of Being Sick:  H1N1 and Paid […Read More…]

SHRM Prepares for H1N1 Influenza
by Kathleen A. Coulombe

With the early outbreak in 2008 of H1N1 Influenza, SHRM and HR professionals across the country identified a need to be prepared for a more serious and widespread pandemic in 2009.  In preparation, SHRM and the Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of […Read More…]

SHRM Government Affairs in Action
by Kathleen Coulombe,  Manager, Tax & Benefits

The week of September 14th was a busy one for the SHRM Government Affairs team as they continued to raise SHRM’s visibility with key policy stakeholders.  The week kicked off with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s (CHCI) Chairman’s Welcome Reception as part of their annual […Read More…]

Today, SHRM presented the $10,000 Susan R. Meisinger Fellowship to Kristy Brockman during Annual Conference.
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Brockman, currently based in Bonduel, Wisconsin, is the first recipient of the fellowship.  The Fellowship stipend is renewable and provides up to $20,000 for two years — $10,000 each year — of graduate study in HR.�
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The graduate-level award honors the historic […Read More…]

SHRM presented the $50,000 Michael R. Losey Human Resource Award to Benjamin Schneider today during Annual Conference .
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The Losey award recognizes human resource researchers whose contributions significantly advance the field of human resource management. The award acknowledges major research accomplishments and aims to help fund and facilitate future individual contributions to the field.�
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As one […Read More…]

1. Pack the badge and smartcard that you received in the mail from SHRM and bring it with you to the convention center in New Orleans.  You should go directly to Bag and Badge Holder Pick Up in Hall F at the Morial Convention Center to retrieve your conference materials.
2. Pack layers – it will be […Read More…]

Jathan Janove will be speaking at SHRM’s Annual Conference on Tuesday, June 30,  from 4:00-5:15 p.m., and will be signing his books in the SHRMStore after his session.  To read the first two chapters of his book, The Star Profile: A Management Tool To Unleash Employee Potential, click here.
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Jathan offers this comment about his book in […Read More…]

For Annual Conference attendees, concurrent session PowerPoint presentations are accessible online so that you can download the sessions you would like to attend ahead of time. You can access the concurrent session speaker PowerPoint slides for six months after the conference. All you need to do is visit www.shrm.org/confsessions and login with your name, email […Read More…]

Avoid “The 8 Deadly Sins of Mismanagement”

by Jathan Janove
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Employers today, and their HR staffs, face a “Trifecta of Trouble”:

Unprecedented numbers of employee terminations.

Ski-high levels of workplace claims and litigation.

Anxious, demoralized employees who are expected to do more with less.

On Tuesday, June 30, at 4:00 pm, 25-year employment attorney, author, and management trainer and consultant Jathan […Read More…]