Topic: Benefits Administration Joanne Faust, Human Resources Director, Burlington Molly Kean, Human Resources Director, Norwood The Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association invites members with five or fewer years of service to its seventh annual HR101 Bootcamp. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, the MMHR will not be hosting any in-person meetings for the remainder of…
Topic: Hello, Goodbye! Your Guide to the Hiring and Termination Processes Dolores Hamilton, Human Resources Director, Framingham Mary Beth Bernard, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, Director of Human Resources, Wrentham The Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association invites members with five or fewer years of service to its seventh annual HR101 Bootcamp. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, the…
Re-entry Planning for Municipalities The virtual Annual Meeting of Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources on June 11 will cover the topic of re-entry planning for municipalities. The free Zoom webinar will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cities and towns are now developing plans for bringing municipal employees back into the workplace and opening…
MMHR will offer a free webinar on May 14 on the topics of furlough and unemployment. The program will kick off with a brief wellness exercise led by EAP provider Joe LaLiberte, LICSW. MMA Senior Legislative Analyst Lisa Adams and Melissa Murray, Esq. of Norris, Murray & Peloquin, LLC will then lead a discussion on…
This meeting has been rescheduled to Sept. 17.
Due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 virus and out of an abundance of concern for the health of our members and staff, MMA is transitioning the MMHR/MMMA joint meeting to a webinar. Managing employees during times of crisis will be the topic of a joint webinar of the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association and the Massachusetts…
Diversity, equity and inclusion in recruitment and hiring will be the topic of the Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association’s program meeting on March 5 in Westford. Cally Ritter, principal at Positive Ripple Training & Consulting, will lead participants in an interactive training on strategies for ensuring an equitable and inclusive hiring process. The session will…
At its holiday meeting the Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association will host an interactive session for members on stress management and goal setting as we enter the holiday season and embark on the new year. Jon Wortmann, principal at Novel Communications, will lead the group through a series of training exercises to help manage stress…
The Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association will hold its annual Labor Relations Seminar on Nov. 1 at the Devens Conference Center. Catherine Paden, Ph.D., associate provost and dean of the Undergraduate Program at Simmons University, will deliver a keynote presentation focused on the intergenerational workforce and preparing municipalities for a new generation of employees. The…
The Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association will hold its third annual Fall Conference on Sept. 12 and 13 at the Hotel Northampton. Topics will include diversity in the municipal workplace; classification and compensation; electronic on-boarding; records retention; marijuana in Massachusetts; labor laws; and policies that all human resources directors must have. The two-day conference will…