Message from our Chapter President

January 2015 Volume 14, Issue 2

Shauneen Scott

Chapter President, SHRMA

Happy New Year! Can you believe 2014 is over? It is amazing the older I get the quicker time seems to go by. Make 2015 a year to remember since it will be gone

before you know it.

The Salem Chapter is excited to welcome new board members to

the team:

Barbara Cecil, Secretary

Andrea Cogburn, Marketing and

Outreach Director

Dee Hart, Certifications Director

Lori Hart, Programs Director

Marilyn Gueltzow, Ambassador

Deborah Jeffries, Professional

Development Director

Karen Beach, Workforce Readiness

& Diversity Director

When you see these individuals at the meetings, please congratulate and thank them for their service. These are the individuals who make things happen and bring

you quality meetings.

If you are a current HRCI certification holder, please make sure you avail yourself of the opportunity to take the SHRM tutorial to obtain your new SHRM certification. If you don’t take the tutorial, then you will need to study and take the SHRM certification test. Unless you enjoy taking tests, I highly recommend the

tutorial.

For those of you who do not have your HRCI certification, our chapter

is going to offer a study group in the Fall for those members wishing to obtain their SHRM certification. More information to

come as we get closer to the Fall.

If you are concerned about whether the Salem Chapter will continue to offer HRCI certification for chapter meetings, you need not worry. Our plan is to offer dual credits for our meetings for you to obtain your continuing education credits for

both HRCI and SHRM certification.

In April the Salem Chapter is sponsoring an all-day training where you can obtain 7 HRCI strategic/business credits for a reduced cost. Please see the

chapter website for more details.

Thank you for your continued support of the Salem SHRM Chapter and we look forward to

seeing you at a 2015 meeting.

Special points of interest:

Message from Chapter President

SHRM Certification Information

Spotlight WOU

In this issue:

President’s Message 1

SHRM Certification 2

Spotlight 3

Law Updates 4

HR Lunch Brunch 5

2015 SHRM Annual

Conference

6

The Diversity Challenge 7

Diversity Calendar 8

Volunteer! 9

SHRMA Newsletter

Law Winter Updates

HR Lunch Brunch

2015 SHRM Annual Conference

Diversity Challenge

Diversity Calendar

Volunteer Opportunities

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New Certification Program and Dual Credits for Salem Chapter Meetings By Dee Hart, Certification Director

Remember that if you hold an HRCI certification, including PHR, SPHR and GPHR, the process for obtaining the new SHRM certification is now open.

From January 5, 2015 through December 31, 2015 all you need to do is follow this three step process:

Document that your current certification is in good standing.

Sign the Code of Ethics.

Complete the online tutorial.

You should have received a SHRM Certification brochure in the mail that outlined this process, or you can go to shrmcertification.org/pathway for

more information.

Continuing Education Credits: For all future SHRMA meetings, we will request credit approval from both SHRM and HRCI, so that you can obtain cred-

its needed for recertification under both programs.

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The New Standard for HR Introducing the new SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) and SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-

SCP) - See more here.

FOCUS ON YOU SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP are your credentials, based on the current HR landscape. This Certification is 100% focused on the competencies and knowledge all HR professionals need to lead in today’s business community. UNIVERSAL SKILLS & RECOGNITION SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) and SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) are based on a single, comprehensive SHRM Body of Competency and Knowledge™ (SHRM BoCK™) and are relevant worldwide, giving professionals the recognition and flexibility to use their knowledge, skills and competencies anywhere their career takes them. COMPETENCY- & KNOWLEDGE- BASED SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP tests HR competencies as well as knowledge, and their application, to ensure the professional’s ability to demonstrate what they know, and what they can do with their knowledge in the variety of situations they encounter. DEVELOPED WITH EMPLOYERS IN MIND SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP are based on in-depth research focused on —and backed by— global employers and business leaders. They reflect what HR practitioners need to know to be leaders in their organizations and in the profession. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP recognize diversity in the HR profession. The eligibility requirements minimize barriers to participation and reflect current HR roles. The exam windows provide accessibility and flexibility for all eligible professionals worldwide. In addition, the new exam is affordable, making certification attainable by more professionals. UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE SHRM believes that HR certification must be as inclusive and diverse as the profession itself. The SHRM certification is applicable across industries, geographic borders, job responsibilities and career levels. GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED By creating a consistent certification path for HR professionals around the world, SHRM will deliver a new global standard. To ensure worldwide recog-nition of the new certification, SHRM anticipates seeking accreditation of the new certification program from the American National Standards Insti-

tute (ANSI) and/or the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).

SHRMA will be hosting a Fall Study Group for those seeking their certification. If you are at all interested in sitting for the HRCI or

SHRM Certification exam we encourage you to talk with Deborah Jeffries, our Professional Development Director about your options.

Dates, Times and Location of the Fall Study Group have not yet been set. CONTACT: djeffries@hranswers.com or 503-885-9815.

“tude ts at Wester Orego U i ersity esta lished a stude t hapter of “HRM i the egi i g of the Fall

4 ter . The hapter pla s o o thly eei gs here HR professio als are i ited to talk a out their

areer a d HR spe ialty. “o far, the hapter has had t o su h eei gs to a e thusiasi re epio y fe , ut eager, ate dees. Future pla s i lude pari ipaio i the HR ga es at the “HRM Wester Regio al “tude t Co fere e i the spri g a d prepari g for the Assura e of Lear i g Test. We ish the good lu k !

The two leaders of the chapter are Tyler Potter, President, and Reina Morgan, Vice President. Reina decided to become involved with SHRM in order to share her passion for the field with other students while also expanding her own knowledge of the field. The students hope the chapter at WOU will provide an opportunity for students who are interested in HR, or a related field, to build valuable connections with professionals in the area,

while enhancing their understanding of the many areas of Human Resources.

The Portland Human Resource Management Association is proud to be your hosts for the 2015 NHRMA Confer-ence and Tradeshow. The Conference Committee is mixing up fresh ingredients to prepare a sizzling and fun

learning experience.

Visit www.nhrmaconference.org/2015 for conference and registration details.

Save the date, and tell your friends and colleagues. The conference would be nothing without great speakers and spon-

sors. To find out about being a sponsor/exhibitor, click on the link above.

Jennifer Paul is an associate attorney with the Saalfeld Griggs PC law firm in Salem, Oregon. This article should not be considered legal advice. Jennifer focuses her practice on representing owners and management in employment and

business litigation.

Contact Info: 503-399-1070, jpaul@sglaw.com, www.sglaw.com.

Winter Employment Law Updates

The 2015 Regular Session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly convened on January 12, 2015, and for-mally begins on February 2, 2015. In mid-December, the Oregon Legislature released plans for the 2015 Session including draft “Legislative Concepts-LC.” As anticipated, LC 1229—mandatory statewide paid

sick leave was included among the proposed legislation.

As drafted, the bill requires employers, regardless of size, to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours any employee works, up to 56 hours per calendar year. Exempt employees are presumed to work 40 hours a week for purposes of sick leave accrual under the bill. The bill provides for leave incre-ments as small as one hour, for the diagnosis, care, or treatment of an employee’s own condition or that of a qualifying family member. The bill also allows employees to carry over accrued but unused sick leave, or, in the alternative, the employer may pay the employee for the unused sick time at the end of the leave year (at the employees regular rate of pay) by agreement of the employee. An employee be-comes eligible to use paid sick time on their 90th day of employment with the employer; however, the ac-crual period begins from the start of employment. This proposed bill is in line with similar city ordinances in Oregon (Portland’s Protected Sick Time Law has been effective since January 2014, and Eugene’s Sick Leave Ordinance will go into effect on July 1, 2015).

In addition to statewide mandatory paid sick-leave, we anticipate other proposed employment related

legislation may include the following:

Proposed legislation related to equal pay and wage transparency;

Proposed legislation increasing the minimum wage;

Proposed legislation related to minimum advanced notice to employees for work schedules in

certain industries;

Parental Leave for School Activities; and

Proposed revisions to Oregon Family Leave.

We will be providing more comprehensive reports and updates on proposed employment related leg-islation throughout the session. The reports will be posted on the SHRMA website under the “Legislative Update” link. However, to receive updates directly, you can email me at jpaul@sglaw.com to be placed on Saalfeld Griggs PC’s legislative update list serve.

Remember, this is your meeting, so come prepared to participate and bring your ques-tions. This is a great time and place to share your learnings with other atendees.

There's no cost to atend and everyone is welcome, so feel free to bring your co-workers and colleagues – the more the merrier! And don’t forget to bring your lunch, your busi-ness cards, and your questions & anecdote! Please RSVP so we know how many folks to expect. djefries@hranswers.com .

Hope to see you on the th! Please call if you need help with directions or have questions.

The Details: What: HR Networking Lunch

When: Wed. / - PM- PM

What to ”ring: Your business cards, your lunch, & a business associate

Topic: Performance Management

Where: Chemeketa Small Business Development Center

High Street NE, Salem, OR Parking at Marion St. Parkade

Coming Up:

February 25th: Drugs in the Workplace

March 25th: Employee Recognition

Let’s talk efective performance management. We all know performance feedback is beneicial if done right and makes a diference in organizational performance.

Approaches to performance management are changing. Some say keep perfor-mance reviews and some suggest they are simply not needed. HR, senior managers and others must be atentive to the reason behind such activity. We cannot just hope that everyone will do what needs to be done and by when so...

So what is it that you are doing? How are you doing it? Is it working? What sys-tem are you using if any? Come, learn and share.

HR LUNCH ”UNCH

SALEM

The next meeting of HR Lunch Bunch will be

Wednesday, January th from PM to PM

Inspiring Speakers Featuring: Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, Marcus Buckingham, best-selling author, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, world-renowned surgeon, will offer fresh perspectives and inspiring stories that can help shift your perspectives and deepen your understanding of leadership,

motivation, and success. You’ll hear from business leaders, HR practitioners, consultants and academicians.

The SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition is the largest and best HR event in the world, providing your organization with the tools and resources you need to create and implement the successful HR practices that will ensure that your company will thrive. Your company will get the targeted strategies and practical takeaways that you need to achieve your goals – from talent management to federal compliance to cutting-edge business strategies. FRESH PERSPECTIVES Internationally-renowned speakers that offer fresh points of view and inspiring stories that can help shift your perspectives and deepen your un-derstanding of leadership, motivation, and success. You’ll hear from business leaders, HR practitioners, consultants and academicians. COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING Over 200 concurrent sessions provide a complete education for HR professionals at every stage of their career, based on the SHRM Competency Model. You’ll be able to choose from a broad range of topics so you can customize the learning you need. Concentrate on solutions designed to help your organization become more compliant; delve into the cutting-edge trends that will impact your workplace in the next few years; build a strategic talent management plan to increase engagement and retention. Whatever you need, our program will have something for you. Innovative learning opportunities, such as our Masters Series featuring high-level academicians, Smart Stage presentations covering innovative new HR practices and Practitioner Exchange sessions featuring HR profession-als from well-respected organizations. Recertification credits for your SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP or other HR or general designation. Preconference programs that allow you to maximize your investment in Vegas by getting a richer, more comprehensive education- choose from our popular Workshops or Seminars to get high-level strategies or deep dives into HR es-sentials. EXTRAORDINARY NETWORKING Networking opportunities with your peers and colleagues from across your or-ganization, and around the world. From our vast Exposition Hall, to our session-based networking, to the hallways of the convention center, there is ample opportunity for you to meet HR professionals who share your goals and your challenges. And don’t forget the online networking! Attendees get access to our Conference Community site where you can meet and chat with other attendees and build con-nections with them before you even get to Las Vegas. And there’s always Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. ENDLESS SOLUTIONS The world’s largest HR marketplace, the SHRM Exposition, which gives you access to thousands of solutions-providers in every industry. Save a few more lines here. Interested in becoming a sponsor or exhibitor? Visit annual.shrm.org/exhibit-sponsorship-opportunities for more information. DYNAMIC LOCATION

A dynamic and exciting host city, Las Vegas, where shopping, dining and entertainment have been taken to new heights.

Register NOW or download form.

Register by April 17, 2015 and SAVE!

The Diversity Challenge Diversity/Workforce Readiness

January 2015

By: Karen Beach, PHR

Over the holidays I spent a fantastic day on the couch glued to a cell phone app with my children, nephew and brother-in-law. What is so fantastic about being glued to your cell phone you ask? Surely had someone (maybe even you) been peering in our windows to witness nine people intensely staring at their cellular devices they would have shaken their heads, in disgust, and walked away muttering something to the effect of “people today, can’t even be in a room together without being glued to their devices.” What wasn’t obvious to any on-looker from the outside was we were intensely playing a trivia game battling amongst each other to see who would get their character rows filled before the other and have the glorious victory title of winner! I surely did not ever think about how to incorporate such fun with our family using the very devices I have had such an animosity towards, nor did I think this would lead to an entire year of a challenge for our family. (If you have teens (or maybe even a significant other) you may be able to relate a little to the fact their noses seemed buried in their device 24/7 and never wanting to talk much to you unless of course via text.) This was such a fantastic day, as we spent hours battling and sharing our questions, developing unified teams, Mom’s Marvelous Matterhorns team vs. Dad’s Disaster Driven Dynamos team, and sharing in the moments of sheer shock when we were wrong with an answer to a question! One such question really prompted our family to start looking at what we “think” vs. what is “actual”.

The question? Which city has the highest population of people of Hispanic ethnicity in the WORLD? From the choices: A. Seattle B. London C. Mexico City D. Los Angeles E. Puerto Vallarta. Well both Mom’s Marvelous Matterhorn’s & Dad’s Disaster Driven Dynamos were at a loss for what the answer really was but we just “knew” it had to be either C or E. It had to be a city from which the ethnic origin hails, right? WRONG! To our sur-prise it was D. Los Angeles.

After hearing this it wasn’t such a shock, but seriously we were still slightly dumb-founded. Later that night into dinner, our conversation veered towards this topic, our teens were inquisitive wondering how this could possibly be the correct answer. Although no-one Googled it or searched out the accuracy, we accepted it and moved on in our conversation.

The next day my second to last youngest son came downstairs with this year’s calendar in which he had searched out all of the diversity related observances he possibly could and had written them on the calendar, with a challenge to our fam-ily: Choose at least one of the observances each month to discuss, talk about what you think it is and then what it actu-ally is, at a family dinner. He was thoroughly inspired to learn to open his thoughts, seeking to learn more through one simple diversity related question, one simple day spent on our cellular devices has turned into a year of challenge for our family! From our family to yours – on the next page is just a few of the observances he found. You can use this list (or even add to it) to do your own Diversity Challenge. May this inspire you to learn something a little new and grow your diversity knowledge, who knows it may just come in handy one day in a trivia game! PS – Mom’s Marvelous Matterhorn’s were the winners!

Diversity Challenge

January

National Mentoring Month 1 New Year’s Day 4 Eid Milad Un-Nabi 5 Mahayana New Year 16 Religious Freedom Day 18 World Religion Day 15 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s

Birthday (observed 1/19) 24 Vasant Panchami

February

Black History Month

Candlemas 4 Rosa Parks Day 13-18 Carnival 14 St. Valentine’s Day 17 Maha Shivaratri/Shiva’s Night 19 Lunar New Year 19-21 Losar

March National Women’s History Month/Irish American Heritage Month/Greek American Heritage Month/National Multiple Sclerosis Educa-tion & Awareness Month 4 Casimir Pulaski Memorial Day 5 Ash Wednesday 17 St. Patrick’s Day 21 International Day for the Elimi-

nation of Racial Discrimination 22 Emancipation Day (Puerto

Rico) 25 Greek Independence Day 31 Cesar Chavez Day

April Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month/National Child Abuse Prevention Month/ Minority Health Month/ National Cancer Control Month 1 All Fool’s Day

World Autism Awareness Day Qingming Festival

13 Palm Sunday 18 Good Friday 20 Easter 21 Festival of Ridvan 22 Earth Day 28 Yo Ha-Shoah (Holocaust Re-

membrance Day)

May National Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month/ Jewish American Heritage Month/ Mental Health Awareness Month/ Older Americans Month

International Labor Day May Day Cinco de Mayo Buddha’s Birthday Victory in Europe Day

21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

26 Memorial Day 27 Shab-e-Miraj

June National Caribbean American Herit-age Month/ LGBT Pride Month/ Black Music Month 8 Race Unity Day 6-11 King Kamehameha Day 13 Shab-e-Barat 15 Native American Citizenship

Day 19 Corpus Christi Day 23 St. John’s Eve 24 Feast of St. John the Baptist

July

4 U. S. Independence Day 12 Asala-Dharma Day 24 Night of Power 25 Commonwealth Constitution

Day (Puerto Rico) 26 Americans with Disabilities Act

– Signed 27 Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Birth-

day 28 Feast of the Breaking of the

Fast

August

Lammas Day 8 International Day of the

World’s Indigenous People 9 Raksha Bandhan 14 Bandhan Day 18 Krishna Janmashtami 26 Women’s Equality Day 30 Paryushana

September Suicide Prevention Month/ Deaf Awareness Month

U. S. Labor Day International Literacy Day

11 Enkutatash 15-10/15 National Hispanic Herit-

age Month 22-28 Deaf Awareness Week 24-26 Rosh Hashanah

October National Domestic Violence Aware-ness Month/ National Disability Employment Awareness Month / National Work & Family Month 3 Dussehra 3-4 Yom Kippur 11 National Coming Out Day 13 Columbus Day 31 Halloween 31 Reformation Day

November National American Indian Heritage Month 1 All Saints Day 4 Ashura 20 Transgender day of Remem-

brance 26 Day of the Covenant 27 Thanksgiving Day

December Universal Human Rights Month 6 St. Nicholas Day 10 Human Rights Day 16 Las Posadas 16-24 Hanukkah 25 Christmas 26 Junkanoo 26-1/1 Kwanzaa

CHALLENGE CALENDAR 2015

SHRMA

P.O. Box 487

Salem, OR 97308-0487

E-mail: salemshrm@yahoo.com

February 10 SHRMA Monthly Meeting 7:30am-9:30 Energize and Engage March 10 SHRMA Monthly Meeting

7:30am-9:30am Student Chapter Program—Internships April 23, 2015 8:30 am —4:30 pm Strategic HR Conference Location: Red Lion Hotel, 3301 Market St. NE, Salem, Oregon Phone: 503-370-7888

Price: Salem HRMA Members Registration: $239/person (Non-Members: $289/person)

Registration: HR Conference

June 28-July 1, 2015

SHRM Annual Conference & Tradeshow Location: Las Vegas, NV Phone: 503-370-7888

Registration: HR Conference

October 5-7, 2015

NHRMA 2015 Conference & Tradeshow Location: Portland, Oregon Phone: 503-244-4294 ext 206 Rates: Registration fees Online Registration open March 10, 2015

The New Standard for HR Introducing the new SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP™) and SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP™). More info here. Video link here.

Upcoming Events:

*Volunteer Opportunities are always available. To learn

more contact: Shauneen.K.Scott@doc.state.or.us.

Visit our Website at:

http://salem.shrm.org/

SHRMA offers training that meets

your needs AND offers business

credits.

SHRMA is committed to providing its members with superior personal and professional development opportunities. SHRMA strives to maintain its focus

in advancing the human resources profession through a variety of actions:

Encourage the advancement of the human resource field by providing the leadership and support towards training, development and education of our

current and future work force;

Provide opportunities for professional development through meetings,

seminars, workshops and participation in conferences;

Mentor those seeking to join the profession;

Provide a collective legislative voice in support of issues affecting our

profession;

Promote human resources concerns through community involvement; Encouragement our members to become involved with SHRMA volunteering

opportunities and strive towards increasing the membership of our chapter.

Why Not Make the Most Out of Networking , Join SHRMA Today!

If you are not a current SHRM member and are interested in becoming one, complete the membership application (please designate the Salem chapter of #165 to enjoy local benefits). First time members can receive a $15 discount off the low annual dues by using the promotional code 0118 on the

membership application.

2015 Board of Directors

Shauneen Scott, President

Scott Cantu, Past President

Becky Crose, Membership V.P.

Barbara Cecil, Secretary

Tara Nunn, Treasurer

Stella Bouldin, Programs Director

Micky Dryden, Foundation Director

Marilyn Gueltzow, Ambassador

Jennifer Paul, Advocacy Director

Karen Beach, Workforce Readiness & Diversity

Director

Donna Montoya, College Relations Director

Yvonne Drabin, Student Chapter Liaison

Andrea Cogburn, Marketing and Outreach Director

Dee Hart, Certifications Director

Lori Hart, Programs Director

Deborah Jeffries, Professional Development Director