AWC Personnel News - December 2008  (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
 Caring for Yourself When Layoffs Occur
 Latest CPI Data
 What Resources are Available for Laid-off Employees?
 Federal Update
 Workers’ Compensation Rates Increase
 Loudermill & Weingarten – A Brief Refresher
 Steady Steering Through the Holidays
 NPELRA Begins New Supervisory Training Program
 Confused about NPELRA and WAPELRA Membership?
 Labor Relations Tools
 Wage Settlements
 Upcoming Conferences and Workshops

NPELRA Begins New Supervisory Training Program

NPELRA - the National Public Employer Labor Relations Association – has launched a new web-based Supervisory Training Program to provide public sector supervisors and managers the training they need to carry out their day-to-day responsibilities.

NPELRA - the National Public Employer Labor Relations Association – has launched a new web-based Supervisory Training Program to provide public sector supervisors and managers the training they need to carry out their day-to-day responsibilities.

The 90-minutes programs, which will be scheduled quarterly, allow you to train one supervisor or many for the same cost. The first session, A Supervisors Guide to Coaching and Counseling Employees, was held on December 11.

Topics for future sessions are expected to include:

• Just Cause and Discipline
• Workplace Investigations and Progressive Discipline
• Attendance Management
• Grievance Processing
• Harassment in Workplace
• Alcohol and Drug Detection in the Workplace
• Workplace Violence and Other Inappropriate Conduct

For more information, go to www.npelra.org.