Event Details

**Please register by April 8^th at 10:00am at  https://gvhra.shrm.org/forms/april-2020-registration-form-webinar-meeting [gvhra.shrm.org]  This will be a remote meeting, information and a link will be sent out prior to the meeting.  GVHRA is hosting this meeting free of charge.  

Meeting Details: 

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law March 27th

The bill sets four main objectives:

• Provide emergency cash to individuals and their families.
• Deliver fast and significant relief to small businesses.
• Help stabilize the economy and curb layoffs.
• Rush resources to frontline health care workers.

 We will also update you with the latest guidance on the following:

• Updated Wage & Hour Guidance
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act
• Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act
• Unemployment Insurance Benefits for people affected by COVID-19
• Recommended Policy Adjustments
• Layoff Issues
• Teleworking 
• Paid/unpaid Leave Strategies 

Speaker:  Jim Nys, Founder/Sr. HR Consultant - Westaff of Helena
Nys has 40 years experience in the HR profession. He has been self employed since 1987 as a private consultant and specializes in the ever changing legislative HR issues. He is known for providing assistance in Personnel Policy Development, helping clients address day to day HR issues related to wage and hour, disabilities, poor performance or discrimination issues. He also instructs classes in HR or management related topics for a wide variety of businesses throughout the intermountain west.

He has served on several national professional leadership positions with the Society for Human Resource Management including their Legislative Action Committee, the SHRM Research Committee, and the SHRM special expertise committee. He served as the Montana State Council of SHRM Legislative Chair for 25 years. Nys holds a Masters degree from the University of Montana and is certified as a "Senior Professional in Human Resources" by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and a Certified Staffing Professional by the American Staffing Association. He also holds a Masters in Public Administration degree. He has been recognized as the Helena Small Business of the Year (2010), the NFIB Small Business Champion (2012) and the Helena Chamber of Commerce's Business Person of the Year (2014).