Calendar of Events

Building your internal brand demands more than logo’d coffee mugs and calendars you hand out to newbies on day one. Employees only align their behavior when they see tangible evidence that the brand is infused into the way the business is run. Discover how HR professionals can make a significant impact by using branding principles on areas with the most power to influence employee behavior; including recruiting, training, performance management and leadership. PLEASE NOTE: The Moncton Chapter Annual General Meeting will be held directly following the breakfast session.

Is your organization healthy? As our population ages and the demand and cost for healthcare services continues to rise, corporations will have to bear some of the burden through increased prescription costs, sick days and stress leave as well as decreased productivity and job satisfaction. Health management and corporate wellness programs have shown to have a positive return on investment between $2.05 and $19.40 for every dollar invested, which results in: o Reduced employee benefit costs o Reduced absenteeism o Reduced employee turnover o Increased productivity o Increased employee loyalty Join us to learn more on how health management and corporate wellness programs can help you identify and solve the real problems, not the symptoms. After all, to have a healthy organization, you need healthy employees!

Human Resources professionals are well versed in policy definitions and legal aspects of workplace harassment investigations but the challenges with these cases typically are found in the actual processes of dealing with a complaint. Join us to hear Mamie Murray as she takes us through a systematic approach to investigating harassment from the beginning to the end of a harassment case. Learn from her practical standpoint as she guides us through the process from gathering complaint information to dealing with employees after the investigation. Mamie will also provide us with insight into the unique challenges with each workplace harassment complaint from sexual harassment to abuse of authority to poisoned work environment.

HRANB Moncton in partnership the Frye Festival is pleased to host Nora Young as she discusses the very real impact of the virtual information we generate about ourselves -- on our own lives, our communities and our government. The Virtual Self looks at the debates and challenges around virtual data sharing --- from Facebook status updates to Google Navigator –and its potential for building more responsive communities and governments. Nora argues that if we wrestle now with issues like privacy and data control, we can harness the power of that data. Join us for a delicious breakfast buffet and meet CBC’s Nora Young! *Help HRANB fill the library at Moncton’s Northrop Frye School – for each new or gently-used child’s book you donate on April 27th you will receive a ballot for great door prizes. Literacy is the key to an enriched life!

The HRM class from NBCC – Moncton will be doing three presentations this year. One presentation will examine the prevalence and benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility in the human resources field. The second presentation will focus on Strategic Compensation and Benefits Planning for retaining top talent. The discussion will center on what organizations in Moncton currently are doing for compensation and benefits and compare this to what top organizations are doing as best practices in compensation and benefits. The aim will be to retain top talent. The third presentation will discuss the challenge of: Attracting Talent to New Brunswick. This presentation will discuss promoting New Brunswick as the province of choice in our roles as HR professionals. Demonstrating the advantages that New Brunswick has to offer for balancing career and family life.

This session will provide participants with the tools to understand how to design a compensation program that is fair and competitive, while at the same time, supportive of their organization’s compensation strategy. This engaging session will help you learn: - How to develop a compensation philosophy and strategy which link to the corporate mission; - The elements of total compensation including base pay, variable pay, pay equity, pay incentives and benefits; - How to build a pay structure and explore the factors which influence base pay structure design; - How to maintain a base pay structure in a changing work environment and/or while dealing with changing workplace demographics. The session also includes a group activity allowing participants to make use of their newly acquired compensation skills and knowledge.

You Could Save a Life One Day Don Merrell’s poem “I Could Have Saved a Life One Day” speaks of a worker who chose to look the other way, rather than speak out about safety – and the workplace death that resulted from that choice. Occupational health and safety is one of an employer’s most significant legal obligations, and a life or death matter for employees; yet many employers are not sufficiently aware of the scope of their obligations, the impact of failing to meet them, or how to comply with them. Using real life examples, McInnes Cooper Labour & Employment lawyers Crystal Gamble, Lucie LaBoissonniere and Dominique Fontaine will (1) walk you through the employer’s obligations under occupational health and safety law, (2) outline the consequences of violating that law – both legal and business – and (3) offer practical tips that you can apply in your workplace so that you could, one day, save a life.

Come hear about how to impact the health and performance of your organization. Gain a better understanding of why employers are facing so many challenges in attendance management and disability claims and how you can make a difference. In this session you will hear practical advice on innovative processes, philosophies and program designs that can make a difference in your organization. You will have an opportunity to learn and apply skills through case studies and interactive discussion that you can use in your organization immediately.

The HRANB Holiday Social evening is taking place on December 6, 2012 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. This holiday networking event will give you the opportunity to socialize in a relaxed atmosphere while enjoying Trio Carte Blanche, delicious finger foods and prizes. On behalf of the Food DEPOT Alimentaire, a registered non-profit charity that services more than 20 food banks, community kitchens and agencies in southeastern New Brunswick, HRANB encourages you to bring along a non-perishable food item. Here is a list of recommend items: Vegetables and fruit: Unsweetened applesauce, pasta sauce, canned fruit, canned vegetables, juice boxes, potatoes, carrots and raisin boxes. Grain products: Brown rice, whole wheat pasta, whole grain low sodium crackers, granola bars, hot cereal or oatmeal mixes, cold cereal and infant cereal. Milk and alternatives: Canned evaporated milk, soy, almond or rice beverage and powdered milk. Meat and alternatives: Canned fish, tuna or salmon, canned ham, turkey or chicken, canned chili, peanut butter, canned or dried beans and canned nuts. Oils: Vegetables oil, salad dressing, baking mixes for muffins or biscuits, tea, coffee, low sodium canned soup. Non-food items: Shampoo, soap, toothpaste, diapers, toothbrushes, toilet paper, laundry and dish detergent. Join us in spreading the holiday cheer!