Due to weather, this meeting was rescheduled from its original date of March 8. All other details, including location, time and agenda remain the same. Agenda 8:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee 9 a.m. Welcoming Remarks • Leon Gaumond, Town Administrator, Sturbridge • Mary Beth Bernard, SPHR, Assistant Town Manager, Foxborough, and MMPA Chair …
Register online Diversity and recruitment in the municipal workplace will be the focus of the Massachusetts Municipal Personnel Association’s holiday meeting. Buford is an organizational development and behavior expert who specializes in diversity and inclusion, cultural competence, and organizational transitions. McIntosh, a veteran workshop facilitator and designer, specializes in LinkedIn training and…
This meeting will begin with a legislative update from MMA staff, followed by the presentation of the Emil Skop Award, which recognizes a human resources professional who has made a positive impact on the MMPA and its members. Participants will include members of the MMPA and Massachusetts Municipal Management Association, as well as…
This day-and-a-half event will feature multiple workshops and networking opportunities for municipal human resource professionals across the Commonwealth. The event will feature human resources and management workshops, professional development programming, and networking events. Workshop topics include managing the demands of the HR role, communication and contract negotiation strategies, discipline with public employees, the future…
Agenda 8:15 a.m. Registration, Networking and Coffee 8:45 a.m. Annual Business Meeting and Association Welcome The membership will approve the budget, the nominating slate for the board of directors, and the program plan for FY18. • Mary Beth Bernard, SPHR, Asst. Town Manager, Foxborough, MMPA Chair • Richard Tranfaglia, Human Resources Director, Natick,…
MMPA members with five or fewer years of service are invited to the sixth annual HR101 “human resources boot camp.” The full-day training covers core functions of the municipal human resources office, including hiring, termination, and interview skills, performance evaluation and improvement plan best practices, and crash courses on policies such as code of…
Presentations: • A Sample of a Workplace Hostility Policy (18K doc) • Improving Mental Health Safety in the Workplace (521K PDF) • Mental Health Accommodations in Municipal Human Resources (2M PDF) • Municipal Mental Health: Nurturing a Productive, Happy and Mentally Healthy Workforce (469K PDF) • Workers’ Compensation and Job Related Disabilities (289K PDF) Agenda…
Agenda 8:30 a.m. Registration and Networking 9 a.m Welcoming Remarks • Vanessa Hale, Assistant Town Administrator, Southborough, MMPA Vice Chair 9:15 a.m. MMPA Business and Conference Update 9:30 a.m. Break 9:45 a.m. Marijuana in the Workplace • Elizabeth Valerio, Principal Attorney, Deutsch Williams • Robert Lenhardt, LICSW, EAP Consultant, AllOne…
This meeting will cover year-end business for the association and celebrate holiday spirit. It will begin at 9 a.m. with coffee and registration and will adjourn at 2 p.m. The registration fee for the meeting is $40 for MMPA members and $55 for nonmembers.
• Click here to register for this meeting Agenda 8:15 a.m. Registration, Networking and Continental Breakfast 9 a.m. Welcoming Remarks • Mary Beth Bernard, SPHR, Foxborough Assistant Town Manager and MMPA Chair 9:10 a.m. Legislative Update • Geoff Beckwith, MMA Executive Director 9:40 a.m. Keynote session • Jean Haertl,…