Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits Open

Welcome

• Alex Halper, Vice President of Government Affairs, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry

Annual Employment Law Update

• Alex Halper, Vice President of Government Affairs, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
• Jonathan Segal, Partner, Duane Morris and Principal, Duane Morris Institute
  • Being aware of current and potential federal and state employment law changes is critical to managing your HR department and planning ahead. The speakers will discuss labor and employment public policy issues on the minds of lawmakers in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C.

Disability: Part of the Equity Equation

• Assistant Secretary Taryn Williams, Office of Disability Employment Policy
  • Assistant Secretary Taryn Williams will provide an update on how the U.S. Department of Labor is working with employers to increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. She will highlight how the Office of Disability Employment Policy’s Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) helps employers, human resources professionals, and diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) staff find the resources they need to recruit, hire, retain and advance people with disabilities. This work includes important mental health resources for employers which can help create a healthy workplace and materials from the National Disability Employment Awareness Month. This year’s theme, “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation,” recognizes the vital role people with disabilities play in making the nation’s workforce diverse and inclusive.

Refreshment Break/Exhibits Open

Addressing HR and Industry-Related Burnout

• Christine Higgins, President, Quest Behavioral Health
  • HR professionals have spent the past three years in a critical, though often unrecognized first responder role. Managing multiple, ongoing crises has resulted in many HR professionals feeling burned out. This interactive session will address how to identify burnout and compassion fatigue, as well as self-care strategies to refuel.

Lunch/Exhibits Open

Cognitive Diversity in the Workplace

• Rob Hodapp, Western Business Services & Outreach Specialist, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Johanna Murphy, Development Director, Evolve Coaching
  • OVR and Evolve Coaching will provide an introduction to cognitive diversity and a discussion about the importance of hiring and accommodating those with “invisible disabilities.” Learn how to integrate new ways of thinking into your organization so that you can grow and expand along with your hiring and management practices. Learn about OVR services and resources available to support your business and hiring needs.

Refreshment Break/Exhibits Open

HR: “In the Moment” Responses – How do you handle various employee situations at the moment they occur?

• Jonathan Segal, Partner, Duane Morris and Principal, Duane Morris Institute
  • This highly interactive session will cover a number of scenarios and how HR should respond to them – from what to do when an employee says they would like to change their gender pronouns in the workplace; to if they share in confidence that they heard racist remarks but is afraid of retribution; to when an employee provides HR with union cards and asks that a union be recognized; and more.