About the Speaker:
Keri Gasiorowski is the South and East Regional HR Director for Merit age Homes, a top-ten homebuilder that enriches lives by building the American Dream. Prior to this, she worked as head of HR for the largest global independent provider of risk, compliance, and transaction management solutions.
Keri has been published in the Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, specifically an essay containing the modern-day definition of Leadership Development. She has also been published in HR Matters, a global HR magazine, and Scotsman Guide, a financial industry publication. She is also a speaker for various HR organizations, including the Society for Human Resource Management’s global conference.
Education: Rollins College
Masters in Human Resources, Human Resources
Organizational Behavior, Study of the Psychology in the Workplace
Activities and Societies:
Rollins Alumni Board of Directors, Co-Chair of the Rollins Alumni Central Florida Chapter,National Association of Professional Women, Chamber of Commerce, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Organizational Behavior Senator Rollins College, President of Phi Theta Kappa, SCC Leadership Challenge Team Member, Student Mentor, Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
Awards:
Nominated by 4 Senior Managers for Top Young Trainer Award, Pinnacle Award, Five Star Chapter Status, 6Certificates of Appreciation, All Florida Academic Team, USA Today/ Phi Theta Kappa All USA Academic Team, Honorable Mention for Most Outstanding Chapter President
Certifications:
Introduction to Managerial Leadership (IML) Facilitator - 2010
Change Management Specialist
About the Workshop:
Having a professional brand not only improves personal networking opportunities, it also improves your organization’s brand in the marketplace which results in higher employee engagement, morale, and better recruiting outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
During this session, we will look at the top three social media engines, learn how to put a strong Linked In profile together, and come up with a personal brand strategy. After the session, attendees will be able to build their Linked In profile in an expert manner, know tips and tricks on building a brand strategy to implement immediately, and be familiar with the social media options other than Linked In.
About the Speaker:
Greg Snell and the labor & employment attorneys of Foley & Lardner LLP counsel clients on ways to foster and maintain effective labor-management relations. Strife between management personnel and employees can affect a company’s morale and bottom line. Foley’s Labor & Employment attorneys combine compliance counseling and litigation services, cutting-edge technology and training offerings, and communication tools to help promote effective labor-management relations and ensure compliance with state and federal labor, discrimination, and wage and hour laws. Areas in which we routinely offer assistance include Affirmative Action; Trade Secrets and Non-competes; Union/Employer Matters; Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation; ADA and FMLA Compliance; Reductions-in-Force (RIF); Labor and Employment Class Actions; and Wage and Hour and FLSA Compliance.
About the Workshop:
Mr. Snell will present his workshop on the Perils of Pre and Post-Hiring Criminal Background Checks. This a hot topic for anyone who runs background checks as a part of the hiring process. Certain liabilities can arise from using the information uncovered during these background checks to make employment related decisions. Find out what you can and can’t do with background check information.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will learn the EEOC’s position on background checks and discriminatory practices. They will learn about the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA); an overview, violations of the FCRA and class actions. Participants will also receive advice on when and how to use criminal background checks effectively.
About the Trainer:
Barbara Cheives is the President and CEO of Converge & Associates Consulting. Converge specializes in race and ethnic relations consulting, employee relations, community engagement, and cultural competency training. Barbara’s consulting expertise includes government entities; law enforcement and public safety; not for profit organizations; media; education; and corporations.
Barbara served as the first Executive Director of Toward a More Perfect Union in Palm Beach County, Florida – a nonprofit initiative addressing the critical impact of race and ethnicity in a diverse community. Additionally, Barbara is a trained mediator, a certified ethics trainer providing training for Palm Beach State College Center for Applied Ethics, and a national trainer for Neighbor works America.
Barbara’s community appointments included Immediate Past Chair of the Palm Beach Criminal Justice Commission. She served on the West Palm Beach Mayor’s Transition Team where she chaired Neighborhood Improvement and Community Outreach. She was also appointed as a Commissioner to the statewide 2007 Blueprint Commission for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.
About the Workshop:
Learning to deal with conflict in a healthy way, is crucial. Misunderstandings and miscommunications can contribute to decreased morale and productivity. The impact of these circumstances is compounded by a natural human resistance to change. When handled in a respectful and positive way, conflict provides an opportunity for growth, ultimately strengthening the bond between staff members.
Learning Objectives:
This session focuses on ways supervisors can work with their employees to resolve conflict in the workplace. It provides practical steps, tools and techniques that everyone can learn. Participants will explore ways to recognize causes of workplace conflict; facilitate resolution of conflict; and manage the work relationships once the conflict has been resolved.
About the Speaker:
G. Thomas Harper with the Law and Mediation Offices of G. Thomas Harper, LLC
Education:
J.D., University of Georgia
School of Law, 1973
B.A., Furman University,
1970
Memberships:
The Florida Bar, Labor andEmployment Law Section, South Carolina Bar, District of Columbia Bar, Jacksonville bar Association,Labor and EmploymentCommittee, American Bar Association,Labor and Employment LawSection, Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts ofAmerica, Troop 622, Chartered by: Mt. Sinai, Missionary Baptist Church, The Gideons International
Christian Legal Society (CLS), Board Member, JacksonvilleChapter, CLS
Publications:
Author: Hiring in Florida: A Guide for Persons Who Interview and Hire, publishedin 1991 by the Florida
• Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Labor and Employment Law
• Editor (since 1989) of The Florida Employment Law Letter (monthly)
• Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil and Appellate Mediator
• Chair (2007-12) of Labor and Employment Law Committee,Jacksonville bar Association
• Mr. Harper is an “AV Preeminent” rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbelland has jury trial experience in all 3 federal court districts in Florida. Hehas litigation experience in a variety and number of cases, includingnumerous jury and non-jury trials before federal and state courts andadministrative agencies.
• Mr. Harper is admitted to the trial bar at all levels of the state andfederal courts in Florida, including the Middle, Northern and SouthernU.S. District Courts and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• Member: Employers Counsel Network:
• Panel Member, American Arbitration Association, (AAA), ExpeditedCommercial Claims
• Approved Mediator for all Florida Circuit Courts. Qualified Mediatorfor the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle and SouthernDistricts of Florida
• Mr. Harper has been selected in The Best Lawyers in America,published by Woodward/White for the past 17 years (1995-2012). In2012 Florida Super Lawyers Magazine named Mr. Harper as one of thetop lawyers in Florida.
• Mr. Harper has been involved in over 200 union-organizing attempts,union elections, de-certifications, contract negotiations, and strikes. Hepresents seminars for clients and employer associations on all aspects oflabor relations, wage/hour laws, personnel policies and employmentlaw.
• Mediator for the Florida bar Grievance Mediation and Fee ArbitrationProgram
Areas of Practice:
Employment Law, Arbitrator and Mediator, Wage Hour Law,
Chamber of Commerce:Avoiding Legal Problems inHiring and Firing in Florida,published in 1992 by M. LeeSmith Publishers
Editor: Florida EmploymentLaw Letter (Monthly, since1989); Florida Workers’Compensation
Drug Testing ComplianceKit, 2d edition (1994)published by the FloridaChamber of Commerce
The Florida Employment LawManual,1983-2001,publishedby the American Chamber ofCommerce Publishers for theFlorida Chamber of CommerceInstructionTeaching Instructor, 2006,Honghe University, Mengzi,Yunnan Province, Republic ofChina.
• Arbitrator and Mediator for FINRA (Financial Industry RegulatoryAuthority). ( FINRA Arbitration Chair Training
• Mediator for the Florida Department of Financial Services
• Approved, Court-Appointed Arbitrator for the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 8th, 13th and17th Judicial Circuits of Florida
• American Arbitration Association (AAA), Florida Residential MortgageForeclosure Mediator. Panel Member: Jacksonville Mediation Center(
• Biblical Conflict Coaching and Mediation skills through the Institute forChristian Conciliation and Peacemaker Ministries, Inc.
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About the Workshop:
This course with review some of the most common types of violations and help prepare you to audit your Company’s pay practices to spot violations, get into compliance and avoid liability. Topics of discussion will include, common exemptions from FLSA, how overtime rates are calculated, what is compensable time, pay for travel time, tipped employees, recordkeeping, safe harbor policies, misclassifying employees as independent contractors, deductions from pay, comp time and calculation of damages.