Workers Comp Leaves, FMLA Leaves, ADA Leaves and More

At our 9/18 breakfast meeting, attorneys Michael A. Gamboli (left) and Michael J. Murray (below), Partners, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP, will present an overview of the legal requirements and other issues surrounding leaves of absence, including pros and cons of replacing your vacation/ sick/ personal leaves with a single paid time off (PTO) policy.
 

HRM-RI has applied for 1.25 recertification credits for this program. Approval is pending. Learn more about recertification at hrci.org.

Join us at the Radisson in Warwick for this informative session sponsored by The Mergis Group.

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Our web site now includes articles by Dr. Bruce Weinstein, the public speaker and corporate consultant known as The Ethics Guy®. His latest book is Life Principles: Feeling Good by Doing Good (Emmis Books). He has appeared as an ethics analyst on NBC's Today Show, ABC's Good Morning America, CNBC's Capital Report, and many other national television programs.

Dr. Weinstein's current article is about The Ethics of Apologies and it discusses such questions as:

• What makes an apology meaningful?
• Does apologizing make us look weak?
• What should we expect of someone who apologizes to us?

Hosted by Cornerstone Group on Thursday, September 20, 2007, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, RI.

Keynote Speaker: Michael Samuelson, CEO of the Health & Wellness Institute

Industry experts will share new trends in worksite wellness that local employers can put into practice today to help improve the health of their employees and reduce costs over the long-term.

Tickets are $25 and included breakfast, lunch, all speaker sessions, and access to exhibitor space. Proceeds will benefit the RI Healthy Children's Campaign. For more information, employers can call Sandy Cofone at 800-678-1700, x 115, or visit:

HRM-RI extends congratulations to our members whose companies have been named "Best Places to Work in Rhode Island" for 2007. Of the 14 organizations which received this recognition in the Large and Medium Categories, we are proud to report that eight are represented in HRM-RI.

In the Large Category:

• Advanced Financial Services, Inc. - Deanna Roy, VP HR
• Amgen - Trish Lovering, HR Manager
• BankNewport - Wendy Kagan, SVP HR; Diane Karcz, Asst VP
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI - Eric Gasbarro, VP HR
• Cox Communications - Mary Connor, HR Manager; Kimberly O'Keefe, Director Employee Relations & Training; Susan Kaspari, Sr. Employee Relations Specialist; John Laurent, PHR, Employee Relations Specialist

In the Medium Category:

• Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., Ltd. - Steven Loffredo, HR Manager
• Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP - Valerie Kane-Curtis, HR Manager
• United Way of RI - Lynn Corwin, HR Director; Evelyn Thomason, HR