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Travis Ruane

Financial Wellness: Understanding Why Holistic Financial Wellness Programs are Becoming a Necessary Employee Benefit

This presentation will provide Human Resources professionals with an insight into the importance of Financial Wellness. Employees are seeking guidance and solutions when it comes to overcoming stress, debt, and healthcare concerns. This presentation will detail the “why” a financial wellness program is vital to a successful workplace and detail certain characteristics to look for in an effective financial wellness program to implement.

•          The Causes of Stress

•          The Cost of Stress

•          Employees are Looking for A Solution

•          What to Look for in a Financial Wellness Program

•          Discuss Why Solutions do Work

Dr. Bob Nelson

Managing Virtual Workers Today

With the nationwide move to have employees work from home to limit social distancing in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, many managers are faced with virtually managing their employees for the first time. Already 36 percent of employees report they would give up a pay raise for the ability to work remotely; 40 percent would be willing to take a pay cut for that option.

Find out what it takes to successfully manage virtual workers, learn the pitfalls and successful tools and techniques other organizations are successfully using on this topic, and increase your confidence for effectively getting work done through workers who are not in the office.

Topics include:

•          The growing importance of virtual work and the virtual worker

•          Setting clear goals, expectations, and control for virtual workers

•          Building trust, teams, and accountability with virtual workers

•          Technology tools and strategies for extraordinary communication

•          Promoting inclusion and collaboration with virtual workers

•          Virtual recognition and rewards for remote workers              

By allowing greater worker autonomy and flexibility, companies can greatly expand their potential pool of talent, which is especially important considering the increasing shortage of skilled labor facing all organizations today and, in the years, to come.  Objectives attendees will learn include:

•          Recent research, trends and practices shaping the virtual workforce

•          Work challenges & opportunities in the use of remote workers

•          Successful strategies & techniques in managing virtual employees

David Miklas

Deep Dive into 1099 vs W2

This session is designed to help HR professionals understand the dangers of classifying a worker as an independent contractor, when they really are an employee.  You will also learn how to analyze each type of worker’s job duties to determine whether the DOL, IRS, etc. will likely determine that the worker is an employee.  This session is a must for anyone who does not have extensive experience with Labor department audits or FLSA lawsuits.

•          Attendees will gain real-world insight about what the Labor Department looks at when they investigate a Florida employer who has independent contractors.

•          You will leave this session equipped to be comfortable in how your organization is classifying workers.

•          You will be able to hit the ground running, knowing how to make changes in your organization if you need to.

Nicole Morales

Protect Your Company, Protect Your Employees: Background Screening- Where to Start

In this litigious age employers need to be sure they are doing all they can to mitigate their risks. Part of this journey involves implementing a background screening process that is unique to your company. This session will discuss some of the integral parts of this plan, along with tips on what you should consider when implementing this process. From EEOC to Ban the Box, Nicole Morales will explain where you should start and some of the key items to consider.

•          Review the selection process of choosing a vendor

•          Discuss the basics of implementing and reviewing your background screening program

•          Review compliance regulations with regard to background screening

Lisa Perez

Responding to a Positive COVID-19 Diagnosis in the Workplace

When an employee notifies you of a positive COVID-19 diagnosis in the workplace, it requires immediate and critical action. Coworkers, customers, and others who may have had close contact with the individual need to be considered in the event they need to be notified as they may have been exposed. There are legal and practical issues that need to be considered and this session will assist employers with these issues and the actions that should be taken along the way.

Thomas Wright

Recalculating! How the Pandemic is Causing Older Employees to Rethink Social Security & Medicare Filing Decisions

After a decade of historic growth, America’s aging workforce has been blindsided by the unprecedented disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The combination of layoffs and/or severe volatility in the financial markets has forced many to rethink their retirement plans… and the Social Security & Medicare filing decisions upon which those plans are often built.

This fast-paced, engaging presentation looks at the Social Security & Medicare basics that are in play for older employees, then explores some of the specific challenges that have emerged as this group attempts to navigate the unique, and often complex, eligibility and enrollment landscape where retirement & healthcare benefits intersect with Social Security & Medicare.

This program offers valuable content for HR professionals of all levels, and can be of personal interest to older HR professionals approaching retirement themselves.