The recession has forced companies to make tough decisions. Budgets have been cut, employees have been laid off and programs have been canceled. In the midst of economic chaos is anyone discussing employee safety? Well if your not – the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is making new waves that may find your company drowning in a sea of non-compliance.
Record setting fines, new attempts to regulate injuries and new initiatives to bring standards up to date, OSHA is on a mission to fine your organization into compliance.
■ Is HR strategically positioned to offer safety guidance to their organization?
■ Should HR have a voice in the compliance process?
■ Can HR effectively advocate for employee safety?
■ Will or can HR be held liable if the company is out of compliance?
■ If OSHA knocks at the door tomorrow morning, is HR prepared to offer constructive guidance to the organization?
■ Is HR responsible for creating a safe work environment or are we asleep as the safety switch?
We will show attendees how to meet the new safety compliance challenge head on and create innovative methods to increase employee safety and wellness, even on a shoe string budget.
This program will force HR to think strategically about implementing safety and it will force HR to recognize that they must step up and become a pivotal leader in the implementation and enforcement of safe in the workplace.
We will expand HR’s knowledge of safety compliance; provide attendees with the essential tools and skills to create an Injury Prevention Program that will reduce liability and potential exposure to workers’ compensation claims.
We will also review recent Workers’ Compensation and ADA cases that impact HR and we will highlight new safety mandates in the legislative pipeline.
Done right safety programs can deliver powerful results – it’s the single tool to make your workplace safe while simultaneously increasing productivity. Attendees who participate in this workshop will return to their company – armed with more effective ways to keep employees safe and injury free.
Learning Objectives:
■ Defining HR role in safety implementation
■ Understanding what OSHA compliance means to the organization
■ Teaching HR Professionals how to advocate safety compliance
■ We will provide attendees with a step-by-step blueprint for implementing a safety program in their organization
■ We will also review recent workers compensation and ADA cases and show how simple injuries can qualify for protection under the ADA.
■ We will incorporate instruction for adding a wellness program to safety compliance and we will review the steps to implementing wellness as a key component of employee safety.
Sponsored by: Sarasota Chapter of SHRM – SHRA
Workshop Location: University of South Florida – Sarasota/Manatee Campus 8350 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota, Fl 34243Schedule: October 15, 2010 – 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 pm
Agenda: 7:30 am – 8:45 am – Breakfast & Registration
8:45 am – 9:15 am – Welcome and Introductions
9:15 am – 11:15 am – Session 1 – Workers Compensation Update
11:15 am – Noon – Lunch
Noon – 2:00 pm – Session 2 – HR Role in Safety Compliance
CEU Requested: 4 hours – General
Credit Requested: PHR, SPHR, GPHR
Speaker/Trainer:
Margaret Spence, CWC, RMPE – President/CEO of Douglas Claims & Risk Consultants, Inc. and the author of – From Workers’ Comp Claimant to Valued Employee. She is a Board Certified Workers’ Compensation and Risk Management Consultant, Speaker and Trainer who ranks among the experts in the field of Employee Safety and Injury Management. Margaret is an expert at showing companies how to slash their Workers’ Compensation cost by implementing strategies that drastically reduce injury rates, increase productivity and energize employees to work safely. Margaret is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Special Expertise Panel on Employee Health, Safety and Security.
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