Note:
Online registration is currently closed, but spaces are still available. If you would like to attend this event, please call NWPPA at 360-254-0109, and our staff will be happy to help you.
Who Should Attend:
HR and labor relations personnel who work with union employees and union business managers.
Related Webinars:
Labor Relations Webinar Series: Employee and Labor Relations Basics, May 7, 2019
Labor Relations Webinar Series: Discipline - Just Cause and Due Process, May 14, 2019
Labor Relations Webinar Series: Grievance Processing, May 21, 2019
Webinar Series Overview:
This is a series of three webinars on labor relations issues. You can take each webinar separately or register for all three as a package at a discounted rate.
Labor Relations Webinar Series: Employee and Labor Relations Basics
Whether you’re brand new to working with a union contract or you've learned from hard knocks, this reality-based entertaining presentation can meet your needs. Is it alright for you to negotiate with the union steward or your employees to establish a new precedent or past practice? Does it matter if it contradicts the collective bargaining agreement? Yes, parts of labor relations are about the rules, but it’s all about the relationship. Come and learn how to make your relationship work for you.
Labor Relations Webinar Series: Discipline - Just Cause and Due Process
Disciplining an employee is bad enough, so don’t make it worse by treating the employee unfairly. Regardless of your motives, that is exactly what can happen if you do not apply the principles of just cause and due process. This webinar will cover the just cause and due process basics from initial allegations all the way through to the decision to discipline and at what level. The webinar will also examine some of the more common pitfalls made by management which can ultimately sabotage an otherwise proper discipline.
Labor Relations Webinar Series: Grievance Processing
Most people are not especially fond of grievance meetings and view it more as an unnecessary burden to be tolerated than an opportunity for relationship building and as a conflict resolution tool. This webinar will help you understand what you have been doing to process grievances and perhaps why it needs to change. Learn how to feel comfortable, completely at ease, and in control with any grievance at any step of the process regardless of how the other side is conducting itself.
Webinar Instructor:
Bob Oberstein, Labor Relations Manager, Snohomish County PUD
Webinar Schedule:
Each webinar will be held from 2-3:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Attendees will be admitted 15 minutes before each webinar begins. These courses are only available live. No recording will be available.
How to Participate:
Instructions will be emailed to attendees 24 hours before each webinar and we recommend that you test the link to the meeting as soon as you get the instructions. Webinars are best viewed using Internet Explorer as your browser. We recommend that you use a landline for both your phone and your internet connection.
This registration is for one person to attend. We manage our webinars on an honor-system basis; if more than one person from a utility wishes to attend, each is to register separately.
Webinar Fees:
Please visit the event pages for individual webinar pricing.
Individual Attendee Series Registration:
All three webinars - Utility and Associate Member Rate: $200
All three webinars - Non-member rate: $600
Unlimited Attendee Series Registration*:
All three webinars - Utility and Associate Member Rate: $480
*If your organization would like to send multiple attendees to this webinar or the full series, please contact Taryn Johnson at (360) 816-1446 or taryn@nwppa.org for further details.
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations are accepted, with full refund, if request is made at least 30 days prior to the course. Within 30 days, fees are as follows: 15-29 days, $100; 1-14 days or "no show," 100 percent of registration fee. When possible, please send a substitute instead of canceling. NWPPA does not charge a fee for substitutions.
Continuing Hours:
This series qualifies for three continuing hours. Certificates are issued upon full completion of each course.
NWPPA is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. Each course in this series is valid for 1.5 PDCs for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org.
