2016 – Hot Issues in Employment Law: Half-day HR Legal Semina
The Jersey Shore Association for Human Resources (JSAHR) is hosting a half-day legal seminar presented by Jackson Lewis attorneys Richard Cino, Justin Cutlip, and Kelly Gunther, Thursday, October 13, 2016, 9:00 a.m. to noon at Jumping Brook Country Club, 210 Jumping Brook Road, Neptune, N.J.
This presentation will cover the top employment law issues impacting human resource professionals today, including recent developments in the Department of Labor’s overtime regulations with practical paths to compliance; effectively managing workplace absences; effectively managing whistleblowers who remain employed, and other considerations regarding whistleblowing; and practical guidance in dealing with the EEOC and other government agencies.
The registration fee, which includes breakfast from 7:45 to 9:00 a.m., is $60 for JSAHR members; $90 for non-members; $50 for those in-transition, JSAHR guests and for students with valid ID. A $10 additional fee will be added for walk-ins.
Register online at jsahr.shrm.org/events or email Christine Higgins at admin@jsahr.org or call JSAHR at 732-701-7155. This program is pending 3 HRCI (Human Resource Certification Institute) and SHRM recertification credits. JSAHR is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits.
About Jackson Lewis, P.C. Jackson Lewis P.C. is among the largest firms in the country dedicated to representing management in labor, employment and benefits law, and related litigation. With 53 locations across the country, the firm has both a national perspective and a keen understanding of the nuances of regional business environments. Jackson Lewis represents employers before state and federal courts on a wide range of issues, including discrimination, wrongful discharge, retaliation, whistleblower, health, safety, wage/hour, pension and benefits. The firm’s attorneys negotiate collective bargaining agreements, participate in arbitration proceedings, and represent union-free and unionized employers before the NLRB, OSHA, and other federal and state agencies.
Assemblyman Gregory McGuckin Will Speak at ELC Meeting Sept. 16
Assemblyman Gregory McGuckin, Legislative District 10 of the N.J. State Legislature, is the featured speaker at the Ocean County ELC (Employees Legislative Committee) meeting and breakfast on Friday, September 16 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. at the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 815 Route 37 West, Toms River, N.J.
ELC meetings, open to the public, are designed to inform the business community about important legislation, provide face-to-face opportunities with key government officials, and encourage dialogue between business and government.
The registration fee, including a buffet breakfast, is $20.00. R.S.V.P. to jholman@firstenergycorp.com or call 609-656-2600. Pay at the door or mail checks payable to Ocean ELC, to Julie Holman, Chairwoman of Ocean ELC, 150 West State Street, Trenton, N.J. 08608. Breakfast begins at 8:00 a.m. The program begins at 8:30 a.m.
The Ocean County ELC is sponsored by Holman Frenia Allison, PC, New Jersey Natural Gas, and the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce.
More about Assemblyman Gregory P. McGuckin: Assemblyman McGuckin was elected to the General Assembly, November 2011 and he serves on the Homeland Security and State Preparedness, and Transportation and Independent Authorities committees. In 2003, McGuckin was elected to the Toms River Township Council where he has served as Council President since 2004. McGuckin served a judicial clerkship with the Superior Court of New Jersey and is a partner in the law firm of Dasti, Murphy, McGuckin, Ulaky, Cherkos & Connors, Forked River. He was appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court to serve on the District IIIA Ethics Committee and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys. He has served numerous municipalities as municipal solicitor, planning board attorney, zoning board attorney and municipal prosecutor. He received his B.A. in history from Providence College in 1983 and his J. D. from Seton Hall University Law School in 1987.
About ELC: Employer Legislative Committees: The ELCs, established by NJBIA in 1959, are independent, local organizations representing all 21 counties. At each meeting, legislators, cabinet members or local officials will discuss important issues pertinent to business. Attendees also receive a briefing from one of NJBIA’s government affairs experts on legislative and regulatory issues affecting employers. About NJBIA: The New Jersey Business & Industry Association, Trenton, N.J., provides information, services and advocacy to its member companies in order to build a more prosperous New Jersey. NJBIA is the nation’s largest statewide employer association. Its members, as a group, employ more than one million people and represents every industry in the state, including contractors, manufacturers, retail and wholesale businesses, and service providers of every kind. Visit www.njbia.org for more information.
Oops! You Lost What?!! Your Identity? I.D. Theft and Scam Protection Symposium
Every minute about 19 people become the victim of identity theft. Those who are who not aware of how to protect themselves and their personal data are extremely vulnerable. Scammers and I.D. thieves want what’s yours!
Attend a free identity theft symposium, open to the public, Tuesday, September 27 at the Monmouth County Library, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, N.J. 07726 from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. Light refreshments are included.
Presenters from Microsoft and the Division of Consumer Affairs will teach attendees how to troubleshoot and protect identity, and privacy and personal data from being stolen online. They will also explain how to protect computers from ransomware; phishing, financial, video and messaging scams, as well as false web ads, emails and junk spam.
Seating is limited. Register at www.millstonedems.org or call 609-495-4391.
Free Big Band Music Concert in Lakewood – Last Concert for This Summer
Lakewood residents can enjoy a free Lakewood Township music concert by Wilbur Wittemann and his Bootcamp Big Band, Sunday, August 28 at 4:00 p.m. at the Lakewood All Wars Memorial Amphitheater near Lake Carasaljo, off Route 9, on North Lake Drive. This is the last music concert of the summer. Plenty of free parking and seating are available, but feel free to bring lawn chairs.
Bootcamp Big Band, one of the premier big bands on the East coast, is made up of professional musicians from New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., performing jazz and Big Band styles from the 1940s.
This band has performed and recorded with jazz artists Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, Slide Hampton, Clark Terry, Louis Bellson, Phil Woods, Al Cohn, Urbie Green, Bill Watrous, Arturo Sandoval, Allen Vizutti, Bobby Shew, Byron Stripling, Lew Soloff, Tal Farlow, Kenny Davern, Bob Mintzer, Claudio Roditi, Red Rodney, Dave Weckl.
For more information, call Lakewood Recreation at 732-905-3405 or visit www.lakewoodtwpnj.org.
Not Getting Immunized Would Be a Big “Crime”! LRRC Takes a Stand at Lakewood’s Night Out Against Crime
The LRRC (Lakewood Resource and Referral Center) 212 Second Street, Suite 204, Lakewood, took a stand to fight against the crime of not getting immunized at Lakewood’s Night Out Against Crime, recently held in Pine Park, an event attended by at least 4,000 children and adults.
As part of its annual Immunization Awareness campaign sponsored by the CDC (Center for Disease Control), LRRC representatives gave attendees more than 1,200 band-aid dispensers with an educational message, 500 custom designed immunization stickers, and 75 copies in English and another 75 copies in Spanish of the book The Germ Patrol by Dr. Neil Shulman and Dr. Todd Stolp.
Adults who visited the LRRC booth filled out 490 raffle tickets, trying to win a $150.00 Bank of America gift card. Mrs. Dassi Stavsky, Lakewood, was the winner!
In addition, 59 adults requested that the LRRC, a federally designated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, contact them for further immunization support. Attendees also received vaccination and immunization literature that included general literature, CDC approved immunization schedules for adults and children, and a letter in support of immunization based on CDC recommendations from Lakewood Healthcare Providers.
Mayer Hoberman, executive director of social services, said, “In a sense, it is a crime not to protect one’s family against getting many preventable diseases like measles, mumps, and whooping cough, and the complications from them are avoidable. Our goal is to make everyone aware about the importance of immunizations.”
For more information about immunizations or to schedule an immunization appointment, call Tzipporah Zar at CHEMED, 732-364-2144, Ext. 282. For information about the LRRC, contact Mechie Nebenzahl, at 732-942-9292, Ext.112 or mnebenzahl@lrrcenter.org.
About the Lakewood Resource and Referral Center (LRRC): The LRRC, a federally designated 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization, 212 Second Street, Suite 204, Lakewood, provides free comprehensive social services, information, referrals, and assistance for government and private sector programs and auxiliary services in such areas as housing, rental counseling, health care, insurance plans, nutrition, SNAP (food stamps) application, utilities, and paid leave for Lakewood Township, and Ocean, Mercer, and Monmouth County residents.
LRRC Case Managers help clients identify the assistance programs for which they may qualify, and help clients complete the paperwork as needed. To schedule an appointment with a case manager, call 732-942-9292. The office is open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call for specific times about walk-in and telephone hours.
Retaining Employees: The New Recruitment – Sept Meeting of HR Professionals
The costs of recruitment have skyrocketed. Business leaders and HR executives are spending a lot of time and money to find the right employees, ones that will stay. Understand why some leave but others stay on the job at “Retaining Your Employees: The New Recruitment,” the monthly meeting of JSAHR (The Jersey Shore Association for Human Resources), open to the public, Thursday, September 8, 2016, from 7:45 to 10:00 a.m., at the Jumping Brook Country Club, 210 Jumping Brook Road, Neptune, N.J.
The session will identify what employees want, the top reasons why people leave organizations, and how to devise effective retention strategies.
The registration fee, including a full buffet breakfast, is $30.00 for JSAHR members; $40.00 for nonmembers; $25.00 for guests and those in-transition, and $10.00 for full-time students. Register online at jsahr.shrm.org/events or email admin@jsahr.org or call Christine Higgins, JSAHR chapter administrator, at 732-701-7155.
Navicore Solutions is sponsoring the September meeting. JSAHR, a SHRM affiliated chapter, is a Gold Excel award winner of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management.) This program is pending one (1) SHRM and one (1) HRCI (Human Resource Certification Institute) recertification credit. www.hrci.org
About the Speaker: Cristine Amyot (MHRM, SHRM-SCP, SPHR) is the president and CEO of EnformHR, a human resources consulting firm in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Amyot and her team at EnformHR provide a full range of HR services: HR Management, Training and Development, and Strategic Partnering. In addition to conducting seminars for clients on topics such as anti-discrimination/non-harassment, discipline and performance management, and effective communication,
Amyot speaks publically to industry associations on a variety of HR topics. Recent engagements include Three HR Initiatives Critical to Transforming Your Organization at the Garden State SHRM’s 24th Annual Conference, Take Your Seat at the Table at the Garden State SHRM’s 20th Annual Conference, and How to Build a High-Performance Workforce in Your Organization at the Tri-State Human Resource Management Association’s 23rd Annual Conference.
She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management Association (SHRM), the Human Resources Management Association of Princeton, the Jersey Shore Association of Human Resources (JSAHR), the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA), and the Monmouth Ocean Development Council (MODC).
Amyot was graduated with a B.A. and an M.A. in Human Resource Management from Rutgers University. She holds Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute; and a Life, Accident and Health Insurance license from the State of New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.
THIS Is a Laughing Matter! Comedy Night at the Strand Theater Presented by the Lakewood Chamber
The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce is hosting an adults only Comedy Night, Thursday, September 22, 2016, at the Strand Theater, 400 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for light refreshments (Kosher food available) and networking in the Gallery; general seating on the stage and show time begin at 7:45 p.m.
Comedians include Moody McCarthy, a national headliner, who has been seen on Letterman, America’s Got Talent, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and the Last Comic Standing; Eric Haft, direct from the NYC comedy scene at Caroline’s NYC and Standup NY; and Robin Fox, a national headliner and Jersey’s own, who has appeared in Ladies of Laughter Tour, Nickmom, and on SiriusXM Radio.
General admission tickets are $40.00, plus a $5.00 Ticket Biscuit fee. Cash bar will be open in the Strand Gallery and on stage during the performances. Sponsorships include four show tickets and promotional advertising. For sponsorships and further information contact Denise 732-363-0012 or email staff@mylakewoodchamber.com. Purchase tickets at Strand.org.
The sponsors to-date are Fulton Bank; Pine Belt Chevrolet; Provident Bank; New Jersey Natural Gas; Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, and Remington, Vernick & Vena.
Atlantic City Ballet to Perform Sleeping Beauty at the Strand Theater August 27
The Atlantic City Ballet is bringing kings, queens, fairy godmothers, and storybook characters to life on the stage of the Strand Theater, 400 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood, Saturday, August 27, at 7:00 p.m. in the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a classical ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s well-known score that the entire family can enjoy.
The Atlantic City Ballet, a professional ballet company based in Atlantic City, has called The Strand its Ocean County home since first performing there in 2013. The historic theater, considered one of the most majestic in New Jersey, is the perfect backdrop for Sleeping Beauty.
Tickets are $35 for Orchestra and Loge; $25.00 for Mezzanine; $20 Seniors, $15 Students (Plus $5 fee per ticket). Group discounts are available. Purchase tickets online at http://www.strand.org. For more information or to purchase tickets online, visit www.strand.org or call the box office at 732.367.7789.
About the Atlantic City Ballet: Founded in 1982, by International Ballerina Phyllis Papa, the Atlantic City Ballet, a 501 (c)(3) organization, is made up of professional dancers from around the world who have earned national acclaim for their technical expertise and exuberant stage presence. Although their home base is in Historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, the Ballet has performed in theaters all along the East Coast. Their repertoire of original works includes such classics as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake but Ms. Papa is most known for her innovative works, such as Dracula, Caught Up in the Swing and her full length Carmen. Since its inception, the Atlantic City Ballet has served as one of the cultural treasures of New Jersey and continues a tradition of dance excellence for future generations of ballet audiences. For more information go to: www.acballet.org or Alexandria Pieroni (609-348-7201) or apieroni@acballet.org
Jersey Shore Chamber of Commerce Announces 2016 Golden Osprey Award Winners
Jersey Shore Chamber of Commerce has announced its most outstanding citizens and business winners of the 2016 Golden Osprey Awards. Recipients will be recognized at the annual Golden Osprey Awards dinner, Thursday, October 20, 2016, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., at Doolan’s Shore Club, 700 Route 71, Spring Lake Heights, N.J.
The 2016 Golden Osprey Awards will recognize Kathie Adams, Manasquan Bank, with the Pinnacle Award for outstanding support of the chamber and its members; Valerie A. Barba, DDS, LLC; and Dale and Donna Szakats, Initial Impact, with the Business Excellence Award for outstanding business practices and contributions to the community; Ted Friedli, Excel Travel/Kick Cancer Overboard for Outstanding Community Service; Dennis O’Brien, Coastal Financial Advisors, Inc., and Virginia “Ginny” Tesch, Provident Bank for Outstanding Chamber Service; Dr. Anthony Pellegrino, Absolute Chiropractic, for the Rising Star Award, presented to a new chamber member who exhibits outstanding leadership; and Maria Seidle, Neptune Middle School, Neptune, the Aspiring Youth Award, given to a student involved in school activities and community service.
Tickets cost $85.00 per person and $640.00 per table of eight, and include one-hour open bar, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, dessert, coffee, and music. Sponsorship opportunities range from $300 to $1,500; journal ads range from $75.00 to $400.00. To register or for more information, contact Danielle at 732-280-8800 or visit www.jerseyshorechambernj.com.
OHI Now Providing Sports Physicals for 2016-17
OHI (Ocean Health Initiatives), a 501 (c)(3) federally qualified health center (FQHC) with locations in Ocean County, is providing physicals for all students, participating in the 2016-17 sports seasons as part of its school-based wellness program at Lakewood High School, 855 Somerset Avenue, Suite A, Lakewood, N.J. At their appointment for a sports physical, students will receive a free OHI bag.
Schedule an appointment for a sports physical at 732-363-6655. Same day appointments are also available. For questions or information, contact Kimberly Tozzi, community relations coordinator, at 732-719-9016 or email ktozzi@ohinj.org.
OHI’s school-based wellness programs provide primary health care services to the students and their families. In addition to sports physicals, appointments with an OHI provider can be made for sick or well visits. Medical services at the school-based wellness program include pediatrics, women’s health, adult medicine, health awareness and promotion, weight management and nutrition education, immunizations, behavioral health, and sports physicals, among many services.
About Ocean Health Initiatives
OHI is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) federally qualified health center (FQHC) with locations at 101 Second Street, Lakewood; 301 Lakehurst Road, Toms River; 333 Haywood Road, Manahawkin; Lakehurst Circle Center II, 686 Route 70 Lakehurst; a health center within the Clifton Avenue Elementary School, 625 Clifton Avenue, and Lakewood High School, 855 Somerset Avenue, Suite A, Lakewood; and a Mobile Medical Unit. The Lakewood and Manchester sites have pharmacies.
OHI provides comprehensive preventative and primary health and dental care to Ocean County’s insured, uninsured and underinsured populations. A sliding-fee scale is available, based on an individual’s or family’s ability to pay. Services include pediatrics, maternal and child health, prenatal, WIC, universal immunizations, behavioral health, dental, family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, podiatry and social services.
OHI has a bilingual staff available to assist patients and callers. To become a patient of OHI, call 732-363-6655. Visit www.ohinj.org for further information.