Municipal HR Directors are spending an incredible amount of time recruiting and hiring for a variety of positions. What are best practices for hiring a solid senior management team? Marc Wey, Managing Partner at Leadership Management International, will discuss how to successfully pull together a strong senior management team that performs well and works well…
This webinar is not being recorded. To view the webinar and access materials you must attend live. The Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association’s first program meeting of the year will cover de-escalation strategies and managing employee conflicts. The free webinar will be held on March 9. Jean Haertl, president and founder of Safety and Respect…
Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources will hold its annual holiday meeting on Thursday, Dec. 8, in Salem. During the meeting, KP Law managing attorney Lauren Goldberg will provide “First Amendment audit” training. In recent years, municipalities across the country have been increasingly subjected to First Amendment audits, where self-described “auditors” record interactions with public officials in…
At its annual Labor Relations Seminar on Oct. 28, Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources will discuss the implications of having five distinct generations in the current workforce, with the millennial generation expected to make up the majority of the workforce by 2025. The seminar will open with a keynote presentation by Tonja Mettlach, executive director of…
Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources will host its annual Fall Conference on Sept. 14 and 15 in Hull. Conference sessions will cover topics such as diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging; resilience for municipal leaders; mental health impacts of the pandemic; and trends in collective bargaining. Registration and networking will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 14.…
On June 16, the Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources Annual Meeting will cover federal drug and alcohol testing requirements for those with commercial driver’s licenses. Municipal employers must comply with mandatory drug and alcohol regulations from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for CDL drivers. Any employer of CDL drivers must follow…
The Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association will offer its annual HR101 boot camp as a full-day, in-person event on May 12 in Wrentham. The boot camp will cover core functions of the municipal HR office, including trends in negotiations related to COVID, first steps in creating a diversity, equity, and inclusion plan for cities and…
A joint meeting of the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association and Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources on April 14 in Worcester will feature a keynote presentation about the impact of birth order on management style and interpersonal relationships. Human relations and management expert Jack Agati will lead an entertaining and informative session, “Birth Order: What’s It Got…
On March 10, the Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association’s first program meeting of the year will be held as a free webinar covering municipal recruitment strategies. Representatives from communities that participated in a first-of-its-kind municipal career fair on the North Shore in November will discuss how the event was put together and lessons learned that…
Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources will hold its annual holiday meeting in-person on Dec. 2 at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem. Registration and networking will begin at 9 a.m. The program will start at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 1 p.m. A complete agenda can be found below. Agenda 9 a.m. Registration and Networking Breakfast 9:30…