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Classification and compensation systems are intricate engines that help your organization drive toward success, and as a result, conducting a compensation study is one of the more complex projects an HR leader can face. Such studies involve intricate moving pieces and can face special challenges in the public sector. In the Oregon Chapter’s January 12 workshop session, the key elements of the class/comp engine will be highlighted, along with the tools you’ll want to have in your toolbox to keep your systems on the road. We’ll discuss when to keep the work in-house and when to hire an outside consultant, what communications elements you should plan for in a class/comp project, how classification structures impact other HR functions, and enjoy a scenic drive down the compensation highway.

The session will be 8 to 11:30 a.m. at Clackamas Community College in Wilsonville. Register now [PDF]

Our presenter for the January 12 half-day workshop is Rachel Bertoni, an HR professional with a specialty in classification and compensation. She has broad experience in public sector compensation programs with a variety of employers covering civil service, union and non-represented employees. She is experienced in base pay management techniques, variable pay programs, class/comp structural design, and implementing performance management systems.

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Tough economic times call for more creativity and collaboration on both sides of the negotitions table. During the November 10 seminar, Becky Steward with AFSCME and Blaise Lamphier with Multnomah County will share lessons learned from the trenches. Becky was president of AFSCME Local 88 at Multnomah County during the start of the economic downturn.  During that time the Union and the County found ways to work together to save over 100 jobs that would have otherwise been eliminated.

The chapter presentation will be at Clackamas Community College Wilsonville Campus. Check in at 7:30 a.m. Presentation 8-9:30

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Please see our job page for  new job posting for the City of Tualatin. Application Deadline is November 10, 2011.

Our October 14 chapter training seminar is titled: Understanding the Origins of Conflict, Communicating Expectations, & Managing Behavior

Jill Goldsmith, Workplace Solutions Northwest, will deconstruct the six stages of unproductive conflict and define and explain productive communication to foster a culture of clear communication and accountability.  In particular, the seminar will cover:

v  Setting the Example for Accountability:  What do your employees want from you?
v  Understanding How Conflict Occurs:  What is the role of each individual on the path to unproductive conflict?
v  Communicating Expectations Clearly to Achieve Organizational Goals:  What are the steps and how should we do it?
v  Managing Behavior after Expectations Have Been Communicated:  what happens when employees aren’t performing as you expect?
v  Maintaining Accountability:  what is the most important aspect of developing a culture of accountability?

About the Presenter: After graduating from the Uuiversity of California Hastings in 1991, Jill Goldsmith practiced labor and employment law in Oregon with Lane Powell Spears Lubersky and as in-house counsel with Tri-Met.  Since 1998, she has been a mediator, working with parties to resolve conflicts.  In 2002, Ms Goldsmith started her business, Workplace Solutions Northwest, to provide neutral fact-finding and mediation to parties involved in workplace conflict, as well as executive coaching and training for both employees and managers in employment related issues, equal employment opportunity, harassment and discrimination.  Ms. Goldsmith’s business focuses on helping parties fully and completely resolve conflicts with dignity and respect for each other by focusing on the genesis, not the symptoms, of conflict.

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