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Welcome to the Ascentis live and on-demand free HR webinars directory! If you are looking for free HR webinars submitted to the HRCI and/or SHRM for accreditation, you’ve found your best educational resource. On this page, you can register for upcoming webinars — either submitted or approved — for recertification credit hours (RCHs) from the HRCI, or professional development credits (PDCs) from SHRM, or a combination of these organizations. You can also earn credits from the HRCI and/or SHRM for on-demand, pre-recorded webinars that you can view at your convenience.
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The Do’s and Don’ts of FMLA
Finding balance between the rights of the employee, fairness, caring, and business needs feels like a never ending tightrope walk with no equilibrium.
When: July 30, 2019
Duration: 60 minutes
Open Enrollments from an Employer Perspective
Human Resource professionals and employers report that open enrollment is a stressful time and the resources are strained during the open enrollment period
When: August 27, 2019
Duration: 60 minutes
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The Talent Inversion: Upcoming Challenges Facing All Employers
The impact of the imbalance in employment “supply and demand” cannot be ignored. In this session, we’ll review the key defensive talent-management actions employers must take to thrive in the talent inversion.
When: On Demand (was live on 6/20/19)
Duration: 60 minutes
Technology Opens New Paths for HR and Business
Technology is EVERYWHERE! We see it in our work, in our personal lives, and certainly in HR. But can technology help HR guide and align the workforce to organization goals?Join us for a look into the trending technologies that are allowing HR to build new paths to workforce development and engagement.
When: Thursday, May 30
Duration: 60 minutes
Gender Pay Equity: The Time is Now
This presentation will uncover the implications of April 2, 2019, otherwise known as “Equal Pay Day,” the specific date this year when the average man in the United States could start work and earn the same amount by December 31 as the average woman, in the same job, who had worked all year long.
When: On Demand (was live on 4/11/19)
Duration: 60 minutes
Immigration Changes and the Impact to Employers: 2018-2019
The primary changes in work visa and immigration policy have been via Executive Action, and in this session, we’ll review the substantial movement on that front.
When: On Demand (was live on 3/28/19)
Duration: 60 minutes
HR Professional’s Role in Managing Leave of Absence
Requests for leaves of absence rank among the most frequently encountered challenges faced by the HR professional because employers must contend with a patchwork of employee-friendly statutes, including federal, state and local leaves – it’s important to understand how these leaves coordinate because they often contain overlapping and sometimes conflicting employee rights and employer obligations.
When: On Demand (was live on 3/26/19)
Duration: 60 minutes
OSHA Reporting and Employee Record-Keeping
With the annual OSHA 300A reporting deadline of March 2, 2019 fast approaching, which health and safety recordkeeping and reporting requirements remain for employers of various sizes, and how can we best comply with them?
When: On Demand (was live on 2/30/19)
Duration: 60 minutes
2019 Compliance Kick Off
Local, state, and federal employment laws all play a role in human resources, and HR professionals must be familiar with a wide array of different statutory and regulatory authorities in order to effectively managing the workforce. Common matters of concern to HR managers include hiring to firing and everything in between.
When: On Demand (was live on 1/30/19)
Duration: 60 minutes
ACA Compliance 2019: What’s Changed, What’s New, What’s Different
2018 was a rocking and rolling year for the Affordable Care Act. Join us for this recap session on the ACA: what’s new, what’s been “tinkered with,” and what’s stayed the same (for now).
When: On Demand (was live on 1/17/19)
Duration: 60 minutes
The Top 10 HR Trends for 2019
Learn what’s happening in the workforce, and gain numerous best practices on how to adapt and lead in the future.
When: On Demand (was live on 12/12/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Looking Back/Looking Forward: A Year-End 2018 Compliance Review
It’s time to see what 2019 has in store in the world of HR and Workforce. Human Resources can no longer afford to be reactive; to keep pace in the dynamic workplace of today, it must be proactive and incredibly agile.
When: On Demand (was live on 12/18/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Not Seen but Not Forgotten: Shift to Remote Workers and the Virtual Organization
HR is recognizing that allowing work from home or a workspace not connected with a company site provides higher flexibility and appeal to the worker.
When: On Demand (was live on 11/29/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies: Preparing for the Unexpected
In this session, we’ll review the actions HR staff members must be ready to take, and the role that HR technology can play in keeping an organization as ready as possible to address unforeseen disruption.
When: On Demand (was live on 11/16/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Paperless HR: Save Money, Save Trees!
It may not be easy being green, but HR departments are certainly going that way. Frustrated by original source documents disappearing from file cabinets, or transaction update processes slowing as they move from desk to desk, HR leadership is consigning the classic PAF to the trash and designing their entire set of hire-to-retire processes to be paperless.
When: On-Demand (was live on 10/25/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Your Top 20 Most Common “People Challenges” and Two Swift Solutions
The root cause of the top 20 “people challenges” business or organizations face can be traced to a few sources. Once these root causes are identified and understood, leaders and managers can bring the correct solution to their team, so together, they can more easily deliver the results they are responsible for.
When: On-Demand (was live on 10/18/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Family and Medical Leave (Paid and Unpaid): It’s Not Just a Federal Issue Anymore
Executive Orders, tax laws and state actions are among the mechanisms used to adapt Family and Medical Leave regulations over the years. In this session we will review those intricacies and explore the Human Capital Management Technology needed to support them.
When: On-Demand (was live on 9/20/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Don’t Be a Bad Boss
Imagine you’ve been tapped to lead a new project, initiative, or organizational change. You will need to lead others throughout this assignment. Learn about effective leadership and how to achieve your goals when the pressure is on to ensure a positive outcome.
When: On-Demand (was live on 9/13/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Zap the Generational Gap
Join us to learn actions companies and professionals need to take to keep the Millennial generation and multiple generations interested, on board and engaged.
When: On-Demand (was live on 8/30/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Gender Pay Equity: The Time is Now
Does April 10, 2018 stand out in your mind? After attending this webinar, we hope that date will resonate with you as “Equal Pay Day.”
When: On-Demand (was live on 8/23/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Controlling Increasing Employer Healthcare Costs
This session covers a variety of cost containment strategies available to employers, as well as how to impact employee adoption despite the perceived complexity of new plans.
When: On-Demand (was live on 8/9/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Using the ADDIE Model to Create Harassment Prevention Training That Actually Prevents Harassment
We explore how #MeToo makes it clear harassment prevention training does not always prevent harassment.
When: On-Demand (was live on 7/31/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
In the New War for Talent, Employment Branding is the Battlefield
Learn about employer branding techniques and approaches enterprise businesses use and learn how to apply them to your SMB.
When:On-Demand (was live on 6/14/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Does Your HRIS Have a Hidden “Facebook Problem?”
Learn how data privacy impacts employers and employee data with all the controversy raging around the misappropriation of private information.
When: On-Demand (was live on 5/22/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
Ensuring that #MeToo is #NotUs! What Every Employer Must Do Now!
When it comes to the problem of sexual harassment, there are three places that every employer needs to be: “In Compliance, Out of Court, and Off the Front Page,” and it falls mostly to HR Leaders to ensure they stay there.
When: On-Demand (was live on 4/12/18)
Duration: 60 minutes
IMPORTANT UPDATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 – Ascentis will only offer on-demand webinars for APA or HRCI/SHRM accreditation for views on or before the last day of the month following the live session. (IE: If a live webinar is hosted on September 9, the on-demand webinar will be eligible for certification when viewed on or before October 31.) Certification eligibility will be clearly marked and updated on the on-demand registration pages. Earned program codes and certifications will be distributed via email for each session once per month.