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Working Mother Media – 2012 National Conference Supporting Hourly Workers

Where: Washington, DC
When: May 18, 2012
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Date:
May 18, 2012
Time:
8:30am - 3:30pm
Location:
The Mayflower® Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

Flexible Solutions for the Front Line: What Leaders Must Know

For the past two years, Working Mother Media has proudly hosted the Hourly Workers in America Forum, with Top Companies for Hourly Workers sharing best practices and creative strategies that support their workforce.  This year we introduce our expanded program - the National Conference Supporting Hourly Workers – and convene an innovative think tank of experts, policy-makers, top companies and supportive managers to explore issues, challenges and opportunities for flex solutions on the front line. 

The reality is that hourly workers are often individuals who need workplace flexibility the most. These options can have big implications for the health, well-being and economic security of employees and their families – while also helping to lower absenteeism and costly turnover for businesses and retain high potential talent.

How are top companies using flexible work options to respond to the changing work life needs of their hourly employees?  What tools and tactics do managers need to successfully implement flex solutions on the front line?   What innovative policies and practices help companies improve the match between the workplace and the hourly workforce on which it depends?  

As always, we’ll have the chance to celebrate the Best Companies for Hourly Workers at our Gala Awards Luncheon, and to learn from top companies about supportive cultures and innovative programs.  Join us as we take a look at flexible work options, creative scheduling and innovative solutions with leading companies who are dedicated to creating and using best practices to improve work life fit and develop their hourly workforce.

Our knowledge partners, Corporate Voices for Working Families and WFD Consulting are pleased to share the published study and Immplementation Guides  related to their groundbreaking report Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers as pre-read and reference materials for conference attendees.

Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers is a product of Corporate Voices for Working Families’ Workplace Flexibility Project. This report was researched and written by WFD Consulting. This research was supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers Study - Report
Innovative Workplace Flexibility Options for Hourly Workers Study- Executive Summary
Business Impacts of Flexibility: An Imperative for Expansion

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Agenda*

Friday, May 18, 2012

8:30 – 9:30 am                  Networking Breakfast/Registration

9:30 – 9:45                       Welcome Remarks

Joan Sheridan LaBarge / Vice President, Group Publisher / Working Mother Media
Satinder Palta / General Manager / Renaissance Mayflower Hotel

9:45 – 10:00                    The State of Hourly Workers

Bo Young Lee / Global Diversity & Inclusion Practice Leader / Diversity Best Practices

10:00 – 11:15                    Panel:  Work Life Issues and Flex Options on the Front Line

Hourly workers and their families often face unique challenges and complicated scheduling issues that, if not acknowledged and supported by their employers, can severely impact attendance and job performance. The work life needs of the hourly workforce also vary at different stages of life. If an employee can’t make work and life fit – the chances of future development and staying power diminish. What are the work life challenges on the front line that tend to increase absenteeism and costly turnover? Top companies and experts share best practices, inventive scheduling and creative flex options that help meet changing needs and go a long way to create a supportive culture that allows high potential hourly employees to perform at their best for the long-term.

Moderator:
Carol Evans / President / Working Mother Media

Panel:
Janice Bultema / Senior Vice President, Human Resources / University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Sandi Clark-Martin / Senior Director Projects - Employee & Corporate Relations / Sodexo

Leslie Rice / District Manager  & Field Diversity and Inclusion Chair / PetSmart, Inc.

Kirsten Fatzinger / Director, HR Communications / Capital One

11:00 – 11:15                      Break

11:15 am – 12:30 pm        Flex Solutions Breakout Groups:

Participants break into small groups to take a deep dive into specific challenges and creative flex solutions to meet work life, education and development, and manager training needs for the hourly workforce. Expert facilitators will guide the discussions and corporate Thought Leaders will share strategies and best practices – all with an emphasis on shaping effective take-back-to work action plans.

i. Flex Solutions for Different Life Stages

Facilitator:
Karol Rose / Principal, Advisory Services and Business Development / FlexPaths

Thought Leader:
Lisa Bonner / Assistant Vice President, Contemporary Work Practices / The Hartford

ii. Flexible Solutions for Education, Training and Development

Facilitator:
Peggy Walton / Senior Director, Workforce Readiness / Corporate Voices for Working Families

Thought Leader:
James J. Pendergast / Administrator Human Resources / UNM Hospitals

Marchelle Johnson / Human Resources Director / Valassis


iii. Flex as Good Management Practice:  Tips and Tools to Prepare Managers
Pre-read material:
 Guide for Implementing Flexibility with an Hourly and Nonexempt Workforce: Tips and Tools for Managers

Guide for Implementing Flexibility with an Hourly and Nonexempt Workforce: Tips and Tools for Employees

Facilitator:
Diane Burrus / Senior Consultant, Director of Workplace Flexibility / WFD Consulting

Thought Leaders:
Weston Thiss / Administrative Director, Support Services / Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital
Linda Martin / Administrative Director of Human Resources / Bon Secours Virginia Health System
Betsy Kiss / Senior Director, Workplace Strategies / Marriott International 

12:30 – 2:15  Awards Luncheon 

Emcee:
Joan Sheridan / Vice President-Group Publisher / Working Mother Media

Keynote:
Carol Evans / President / Working Mother Media 

Presentation of Awards

Best Buy
Charlie Montreuil / Vice President, Enterprise Rewards and Corporate Human Resources

Bon Secours Virginia Health System
Jim Godwin / Vice President of Human Resources

Capital One
Jennifer Finn / Card Operations VP

Cricket Communications
Sherri Flaherty / Vice President, Human Resources Operations

Hilton Worldwide
Linda Hilton / Director, Culture and Values

Marriott International
Maruiel Perkins-Chavis / Vice President – Workforce Effectiveness & Global Diversity

PetSmart
Jan Wilkins / Regional Vice President

Sodexo
Sandi Clark-Martin / Senior Director, Office of Employee & Corporate Relations 

Target
Dwight Lavender / Group Manager Diversity and Inclusion

University of New Mexico Hospitals
James J. Pendergast / Vice President, Human Resources

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Janice Bultema / Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Valassis Communications
Marchelle Johnson / Human Resources Director

2:15 – 3:30  Flex Solutions Report- Out and Open Forum

*Agenda subject to change

Presentations:

Registration

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Attendee Prices

Individual                               $1,495

Govt/Nonprofit                       $1,195

Group (per person, 5-9)           $1,395

Group (per person, 10-14)       $1,275

Group (per person, 15-19)       $1,125

Group (per person, 20-25)       $1,075

Group (per person, 26+)          $1,050

*No refunds after Feburary 24, 2012

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

Speakers

Lisa Bonner
Lisa C. Bonner / Senior Vice President, Principal Consultant / Roberts Golden Consulting
Janice Bultema
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Diane Burrus
Senior Consultant, Director of Workplace Flexibility / WFD Consulting
Carol Evans
President, Working Mother Media; CEO, Diversity Best Practices, NAFE
Kirsten Fatzinger
Director of HR Communications
Capital One Financial
Marchelle Johnson
Human Resources Director
Valassis
Betsy Kiss
Senior Director, Workplace Strategies
Marriott International
Bo Young Lee
Global Diversity & Inclusion Practice Leader
Linda C. Martin
Administrative Director for the Center for Organizational Excellence
Bon Secours Richmond Health System
Sandi Clark-Martin
Senior Director, Office of Employee & Corporate Relations
Sodexo
Satinder Palta
General Manager at Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
Marriott International
James J. Pendergast
Administrator Human Resources
UNM Hospitals
Leslie Rice
District Manager and Field Diversity and Inclusion Chairperson
PetSmart
Joan Sheridan LaBarge
Karol Rose
Principal, Advisory Services and Business Development / FlexPaths
Weston Thiss
Administrative Director, Support Services / Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital
Peggy Walton
Senior Director, Workforce Readiness / Corporate Voices for Working Families
Bo Young Lee
Global Diversity & Inclusion Practice Leader

Hotel & Travel

The Mayflower® Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia
20036 202-347-3000

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