This month's newsletter is sponsored by Lipscomb University---
Lipscomb University is proud to announce a one-of-a-kind Master of Human Resources (MHR) degree program beginning this fall – August 2010.
In ONE year, you can advance your career in one of the hottest, fastest growing fields of Human Resources Management. Your dream is just one degree away.
MT|SHRM and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Announce 2010 HR Excellence Award Winners
Art Smith, MT|SHRM President, and Rebecca Leslie, Director of Talent Recruitment and Retention for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the ninth annual HR Excellence Awards luncheon on June 17, 2010 at the Embassy Suites Cool Springs to celebrate the superior efforts of some of Middle Tennessee’s finest HR professionals.
The 2010 HR Excellence Award went to Williamson Medical Center, a community-focused hospital known for its quality of care, loyal employees, and a wide range of wellness services.
Smith, Seckman & Reid and HCA's TriStar Health System were honored with Facet of Excellence Awards for Employee Well-Being and Engagement. There are five Facets to the overall HR Excellence Award.
Would you like to know more about the HR Excellence Program? Check out the MT|SHRM website under the MEMBER RESOURCES tab.
Check out the photos from the awards program the MT|SHRM website! If you see a picture of yourself “tag” yourself so we have names attached to faces. If you don’t know how to tag, contact the MT|SHRM Communication Chair at dennis.stull@ghertner.com.
Sponsorship Equals the Business Exposure
You're Seeking!
Would you like to get your message out to over 1,000 Human Resource Professionals in the Middle Tennessee area?
MT|SHRM is the largest HR Association in the State of TN, and one of the elite Super-Mega Chapters (over 1000 members) in the United States.
Sponsorship provides a great means of broadening your competitive edge by highlighting your company's image, prestige, and credibility. Sponsorship of events in particular can be especially effective as a marketing tool because it can be a means of accessing a wide range of audiences. Sponsoring MT|SHRM events will give your business access to over 1,000 HR Professionals, who are providing HR expertise to the business community of Middle Tennessee.
MT|SHRM is committed to the advocacy and professional development of our members. If your company’s products or services support our mission, then we have several options to sponsor or advertise with our organization. Please contact the MT|SHRM Sponsorship Chair at janet.meek@hughes.net.
Plan to attend the 18th Annual Tennessee State Human Resources Conference, the largest HR conference in Tennessee.
You will enjoy a comprehensive schedule of educational sessions, exciting networking forums, and a first-class venue for exposure to the newest HR products, techniques and services. Expand your horizons and plan on attending this premier event.
This year’s location is at the beautiful Wilderness at the Smokies & Sevierville Events Center at Bridgemont, the ultimate Smoky Mountain retreat! Information about the conference, speakers, and accommodations is available on http://www.hrconferencetn.org/.
Mark Your Calendars NOW for Wage & Benefit Survey Participation in August
The economy is supposed to start to recover late this year. What does that mean for employers? Accurate and timely local information is critical. As a benefit to our members, you can get the information you need for free if you participate.
Participation will open in August for this year's Tennessee Salary, Wage & Benefits Survey from SalarySurveyOnline.com. This gives you the chance to join hundreds of area employers in collecting and sharing competitive wage data from our own geographic area.
The 2010 - 2011 Middle Tennessee Salary, Wage & Benefits Survey has just been updated to make participation even faster and easier. Simply enter your data right online - you can even save your work and come back as often as you like. Just follow these three steps to access this year's survey questionnaire:
1. New participants log-in at www.SalarySurveyOnline.com using the following (previous participants will be contacted separately):
a. Login Name: MTN
b. Password: 2010083
2. Complete the questionnaire at your own pace. Data reported will be as of June 2010. Save or print at any time. Come back as often as necessary!
3. Click Submit to send your work.
Complete your survey any time before August 31, 2010 (sorry, no late submissions) and you will receive free online access to the complete tabulated results for Middle Tennessee in September. Compare that with the hundreds of dollars some surveys charge!
The SalarySurveyOnline Team is standing by if you ever have questions or need assistance. You can call toll-free at 800-288-6044 or email CustomerService@SalarySurveyOnline.com.
Have you been thinking about adding PHR or SPHR after your name? Be advised that the guidelines to be eligible to sit for the exam are changing after the winter exam period. The next opportunity to sit for the certification exam and earn your professional HR designation starts December 1, 2010 and continues through January 31, 2011…...The time to study starts NOW!
For more information on the certification process, visit www.HRCI.org. Registration to sit for the winter exam period is July 12, 2010 to October 8, 2010. The late deadline date is November 12, 2010 (with an extra charge).
MT|SHRM is happy to continue supporting those interested in obtaining this important professional designation by forming study groups at no cost to its members for the study group. However, you will need to purchase your own study materials which can be purchased at a reduced rate from MT|SHRM.
The PHR/SPHR Study Group will kick off on August 10 and August 17 with informational meetings at the offices of Miller & Martin PLLC at 6:00 pm. Miller & Martin offices are located in Nashville at 150 Fourth Avenue North (One Nashville Place) and will take place in the 12th floor Conference Room. Park in the One Nashville Place parking garage (on 4th just before the building) and Miller & Martin will validate your parking.
Study Group Information & Location:
The study group will be held at the offices of Miller & Martin on Tuesday evenings from 6:00–8:00 pm. Miller & Martin is in Nashville at 150 Fourth Avenue North (One Nashville Place) and we will meet in the 12th floor Conference Room. Park in the One Nashville Place parking garage (on 4th just before the building) and Miller & Martin will validate your parking.
The study group is limited to 30 participants and the first study session will begin on August 31, 2010 and will continue for 12 weeks. Study groups are group-led and do not have assigned instructors. You must be enrolled in the Study Group no later than the week of by the week of September 21, 2010 to participate. This deadline has been set to avoid interruptions to the group, once study group begin, they are closed to add-ons.
If you are interested in participating in the Tuesday study program, you must sign-up in advance by contacting Certification Committee Lead, Beverley Cooper at beverley.cooper@crackerbarrel.com. Please provide name, company and contact information for follow-up.
If you are interested in traditional classroom learning, MTSU has preparation classes this semester. For more information, visit: www.MTSU.edu.
$100,000 in SHRM Foundation Scholarships Await Applicants
We have some exciting changes to announce about the 2010 SHRM Foundation Regional Scholarship Program.
As a result, the 2010 SHRM Foundation scholarship program for HR professionals, underwritten by the J. J. Keller Foundation, is offering the following awards to SHRM members:
• 20 Academic Scholarships: $2,000 each (increased from $1,375 in 2009)
• 80 Certification Scholarships: $750 each (increased from 60 awards in 2009)
Eligibility: Professional, general or associate SHRM members pursuing a college degree or professional HR certification are eligible to apply.
Please note that student members are not eligible for this particular scholarship but the application period for the Student Scholarship program will be open as of May 1, 2010.
Are you ready for the recovery? Reward next practices: The future of reward presented by Bill Reigel, VP & Partner and Calista Allen, Consultant, The Hay Group This program has been awarded 1 Hour of Strategic recertification credit. "The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."
Just ask – unlocking the secrets to employee engagement moderated by Deb Palmer George, Principle, Palmer Solutions; Panelists:Margaret Morford, President of the HR Edge, Inc., Gardiner Gruenewald, First Tennessee Bank, Sara McManigal, EMMA, and Gail Southwell, PhD., Belmont University.
This program has been submitted to the HR Certification Institute for approval.
Legislative Update - 2010 presented by Fred Bissinger, Attorney, Wimberly Lawson, and MT|SHRM Legislative Chair.
Since our last discussion in February 2010 about the changing landscape in the labor and employment law arena, there have been significant developments. The EEOC has new several new Commissioners and a new General Counsel. The National Labor Relations Board has new Board Members, and the Supreme Court has ruled on the validity of the decisions rendered by the two remaining Board Members. The Department of Labor is stepping up its enforcement activity, and OSHA is doing the same. We will analyze these developments and more.
This program has been submitted to the HR Certification Institute for approval.
Recent Developments Under the Affordable Care Act presented by Presented by David Joffe and Andy Elbon, partners in the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.
This program has been submitted to the HR Certification Institute for approval.
Has your company, or one of your employees, experienced some type of HR-related situation that would be of interest to our membership? One of those situations that has prompted you to say, “I should write a book!”. We would welcome the opportunity to let you share that experience with our membership - Funniest moments in HR, "I can’t believe they did/said that in an interview", etc.
Perhaps you have experienced an unethical practice that we could alert the membership to, like the fraudulent resume website. Whatever, your noteworthy HR news may be, we would like to hear from you.
If you would like to contribute to this newsletter, please submit your item to Dennis Stull by the 24th of each month for publication in the following month's newsletter. Items received after the deadline will be considered for use in a future edition.
To sponsor an edition of this Newsletter, please contact Janet Meek at (615) 376-8348.
MT|SHRM and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Announce 2010 HR Excellence Award Winners
The 2010 HR Excellence Award went to Williamson Medical Center, a community-focused hospital known for its quality of care, loyal employees, and a wide range of wellness services.
Would you like to get your message out to over 1,000 Human Resource Professionals in the Middle Tennessee area?
September 15 - 17, 2010
PHR/SPHR Certification Study Group 
This program has been awarded 1 Hour of Strategic recertification credit. "The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit." 