Date and Time
Friday Nov 8, 2019
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
Location
Rowan College of South Jersey
Business & Corporate Center
1400 Tanyard Rd
Sewell, NJ 08080
Fees/Admission
$30 | GCCC Members
$40 | Non-Members
Contact Information
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Description
Avoid COSTLY issues of the new overtime regulations and the PAIN of recruitment and retention in a tight market!
Are you aware that the average cost of wage and hour litigation for a business is $654,182.00? Are you aware that the business ramifications of employee turnover cost about one-third of that worker’s annual earnings? Are you a business owner, an HR professional, or someone with similar functional responsibilities? If the answer is YES there is only one place you need to be on November 8th.
We have a stellar panel of experts from Brown & Connery, Emerson Group, and Virtua Medical Group who will bring you the most current information. Our energetic panel will include discussions related to:
Wage & hour concerns
Alterations to overtime regulations
Up-to-date industry information regarding recruitment & retention in this employee driven market
We are going to examine the latest changes in overtime regulations and discuss the three things every employer needs to do today. We will also unlock the secrets of team engagement, driving retention and a productive and positive workplace. Everything you want financially can be obtained by identifying, developing and retaining dynamic people.
About the Speakers:

Brown & Connery
Louis R. Lessig, Esquire, SHRM-SCP, SPHR is a Partner at the law firm of Brown & Connery, LLP in Westmont, NJ in their labor and employment group. He regularly counsels clients, conducts training sessions and represents clients in federal and state court as well as before administrative agencies. Mr. Lessig speaks across the country and regularly writes articles that appear in publications nationwide including XpertHR. In 2018 he won the Delaware Valley HR Consultant of the Year Award. In 2015, he received the SmartCEO - ESQ Industry Award – recognizing the region’s most trusted advisors. He is a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and serves as the Immediate Past President of the Philadelphia chapter. Mr. Lessig is an active volunteer for The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as State Director-Elect for Garden State Council – SHRM (NJ) and Legislative Director for Garden State Council-SHRM (NJ), as well as a Past President of Tri-State HRMA.

Emerson Group
Bill Emerson is President of Emerson Group, a full service recruitment firm with offices in Moorestown, NJ and Philadelphia, PA. Bill joined the business in 1990 as a recruiter in the health care industry and quickly began to learn the business “hands on”. As his knowledge of the industry grew, Bill diversified his experience by taking on other roles such as outside sales and division manager. In 1998, company founders Skip and Annette Emerson decided to ease their way out of the day-to-day operations and Bill stepped in as president. Bill has personally been awarded as 2017 Association Wide Volunteer of the Year by the Philadelphia Freedom Valley and Mt. Laurel/Burlington County YMCA’s , nominated for Consultant of the Year for Delaware Valley’s HR Person of the Year and SmartCEO Cornerstone Award for Pillars in Their Community.

Virtua Health
Malik Bahar is Manager of Operations at Virtua’s Access Center & Culture Ambassador for Virtua Developing Dynamic Teams via Focused Engagement Strategies to Grow & Retain Top Talent Creating “meaningful connections” that drive ROI via CX (Customer Experience). Bahar successfully implemented Centralized Scheduling across Virtua Medical Group, and is the industry-leading Turnover Rate in Contact Center environment. Writer, weekend adventurer, and dedicated parent to an incredible daughter.