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2025 Spring Conference Session Materials
Printouts will not be available at the conference. Please print prior to attending.
Session #1
Session #2
Session #3: Panel Discussion: Managing a Hybrid Workforce
Panelists: Heather Valudes, Stephane Smith, and Vanessa Philbert
Facilitator: Janet McNally
Session #4
Session #5
HR101: OSHA – April 10, 2025
OSHA: It’s Not Just a Small Town in Wisconsin by Angela Sanders and Aron Hoffman
Many employers are caught by surprise when OSHA unexpectedly shows up at their door. This presentation will provide an overview of the most important standards that employers must know to avoid an OSHA citation. The presentation will also provide practical guidance and tips for responding to an OSHA inspection and navigating the enforcement process.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how the Occupational Safety and Health Act impacts employers of all sizes and industry.
- Ensure compliance with recordkeeping and reporting obligations.
- Update drug and alcohol policies in compliance with OSHA regulations.
- Understand employer obligations concerning temporary staff, and updating contracts with staffing companies.
- Proactively prepare for unanticipated OSHA inspections, including inspections triggered by workplace injuries.
New Administration Updates Virtual Lunch and Learn
March 13, 2025
“You’re Fired? Workforce Implications of Trump Administration Executive Orders”
The Trump Administration is issuing executive orders at which impact the workforce. Join us as we discuss the impact these fast-moving changes may have on your workforce. Attendees will learn about DEI layoffs/buyouts, return to in-person work, pay transparency, wage and hour, harassment and discrimination, and ICE raids, as well as how these changes may impact the private sector.
March 2025 Breakfast Program Materials
Spring Legal Update
To represent the needs of their organizations and its employees, HR professionals need to keep up-to-date with changes in employment law and relevant court rulings. This program will address recent developments in employment and labor law and provides compliance guidance to attendees, including:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Case Law Updates
- Federal Employment Law Outlook under Trump 2.0
- Potential State Law Conflicts with Federal Policy
Learning Objectives – As a result of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Review recent court decisions that every HR professional should know about
- Understand the key provisions of new regulations and laws
- Learn how these changes might impact their workforce and company
- Hear about the latest employment law updates with the current administration and congressional agenda
2025 Spring Conference Agenda
Please review the 2025 LSHRM Spring Professional Development Conference Agenda
A Day in the Life of HR: Adapting and Succeeding
Printouts will not be available at the conference. Please print prior to attending.
February 2025 Breakfast Materials
Imagine your team no longer paralyzed by the fear of potential conflict, or the endless to-and-fro of ongoing conflict. Imagine knowing as an individual that you can endure a conflict and create a relationship that will be stronger and more productive going forward. Good news — you don’t have to imagine! In this presentation, HR professionals will learn skills for healthy conflict engagement through memorable, real-life examples and illustrations. Tangible takeaways including learning about conflict styles and several methods for engaging in conflict so their organization can achieve its goals and objectives. Prepare to Tame the Grizzly of conflict!
Speaker: Greg Laszakovits
Greg is the founder and principal of GDL Insight. GDL Insight “Trains teams to work together to achieve more than they ever imagined.” Greg is a Leadership Coach, Organizational Development Consultant, and Keynote Speaker. He is a catalyst, thinker, and influencer committed to helping people and organizations give their very best to their organizations and the world. He consults and presents across the country and brings over 25 years of experience in coaching, organizational leadership, and consulting. He has an Executive Leadership Certificate from Cornell University and a Master’s Degree in Conflict Transformation.
January 2025 Breakfast Materials
The Infinite ROI of Leading with Care by Danny Goldberg
In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, the quest to retain top talent has never been more intense. Fortunately, this challenge presents the opportunity for your organization to unleash one of the most powerful and reliable forces for an engaged and loyal workforce today: Care. When leaders inspire a Culture of Care — that is, a unified workforce where workers feel deeply cared for on a personal level — the potential ROI is infinite. Productivity, engagement and retention is only the beginning. Loyalty, innovation and each individual contributor’s desire to go above and beyond for your company becomes the norm. And instead of fighting for talent, talent will fight for you.
December 2024 Breakfast Materials
Mentors, Advocates, and Sponsors, Oh My!
Speaker: Bilita “Bili” Mattes
Ultimately, it comes down to the relationships that we foster that help us navigate, persist, thrive and advance in our professional and personal endeavors. Creating a network of mentors, sponsors and advocates is proven to be important to the success and development of all professionals. Knowing the differences between these roles and how they can help meet personal and professional goals is usually not clear. How do we intentionally, strategically and authentically cultivate these relationships? Let’s share insights and explore strategies to help HR professionals, and the teams they lead, reach their retention goals.