Spring is here, and activities are in full bloom. The Leaders of our Texas SHRM Chapters will be gathering in beautiful El Paso on May 6th for a full day of sharing and a focus on Leadership Development. El Paso SHRM www.epshrm.org has pulled out all the stops to plan a great event for us all. Our Global HR Conference committee is well into planning for the September 15 event in Houston www.texasshrmglobalconference.org/, and registrations is open for the July Employment Relations Symposium with our partners at the Texas Association of Business www.txbiz.org as well as for the Gulf Coast Symposium on May 11-13 in Houston www.hrhouston.org/impage/512.

HRSWC Registration Now Open

Registration is open for The HRSouthwest Conference! Reserve your spot by the early bird deadline of May 31 and save up to $300. Coinciding with the April 1 opening, HRSWC launched a new website featuring a fresh look and improved navigation...check it out at hrsouthwest.com/.

May Monthly Luncheon: How Southwest Airlines Attracts and Retains High Potential Leadership
Tuesday, May 10 | 11:30 AM – 1:15 PM
Approved for 1 HRCI HR (General) Recertification Credit Hour and 1 SHRM PDC

Workplace Law Breakfast: Strategies for Handling Workplace Violence Concerns
Thursday, May 19 | 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Approved for 2 HRCI HR (General) Recertification Credit Hours and 2 SHRM PDCs

Workplace Investigation: Law, Procedures & Best Practices
Wednesday, June 8 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Approved for 6 HRCI HR (General) Recertification Credit Hours and 6 SHRM PDCs

DallasHR Appoints Brad Shanklin as Executive Director
Brad C. Shanklin, IOM, joined DallasHR on March 28 as executive director, overseeing operations of the organization’s 2,000-member association and the annual regional event, The HRSouthwest Conference.

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Are Your Managers/Supervisors Able to Identify an Impaired Employee in the Workplace? MC-SHRM in partnership with SHSU's Impaired Driving Initiatives (IDI) Office is offering a staff-development tool to aid your employees in doing just that!

April 28, 2016 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
University Center Room UC-200

North Texas SHRM is gearing up for its Annual Conference, scheduled for May 19 and 20, on the campus of Texas Woman’s University. The two-day conference offers 14 HRCI and SHRM credits, with 5 of those being strategic!

It’s official! The Tarleton State University Fort Worth SHRM Student Chapter #5750 was officially chartered! Congratulations to everyone who helped make this a reality!

Student SHRM chapters are an integral part of the SHRM network. The student program was created over forty years ago to promote interaction between Human Resource Management students and practitioners. Today, the student program has over 250 affiliated student chapters and more than 19,000 student members nation-wide!

For information about SHRM Student Chapters in Texas, please Becky Neilson, Texas SHRM College Relations Director at rneilson@uta.edu.

Mark Your Calendar

Diversity Training - Tuesday, May 10
Wellness Program - Wednesday, May 25
MC-SHRM Meeting - Tuesday, June 14

Sign up at www.mc-shrm.org

The stakes are higher today than they have ever been before regarding executive compensation and the scrutiny imposed by the federal and state governments and the national news media. Negative media reaction and public outcry in cases of executive compensation packages viewed as excessive, regardless as to whether or not they really are, has set the stage for government regulators, the Internal Revenue Service and State Attorney General Offices to investigate, audit and suppress abuses. As a result of their findings, more federal and state statutes and regulations concerning not-for-profit executive compensation are being enacted.

Actions taken by State Legislatures and Attorney General Offices in New Jersey and New York to limit executive compensation and reported investigations of not-for-profit organizations to rein in suspected abusive executive compensation practices are acting as a stimulus for even more government regulation. As a result, this is causing many not-for-profit boards across the country to examine their board governance strategies and practices concerning executive compensation and how they will pay their top people in the future.

If you haven’t already visited the VLRC this year, you should! There is a new site currently in progress that already contains helpful information for Volunteer Leaders in the areas of Membership. The Texoma HRMA has grown their membership by over 50% in just a few months! Karla Shugart, 2016 Membership Director, has worked diligently to ensure that all paperwork was completed and their members were active and counted.

We are so proud to present the SHRM Foundation Chapter Champions from our great state of Texas for 2015. Please check to make sure you have received your digital badge in recognition of your great accomplishment. Feel free to use this badge on our website, communications, events, meeting etc. Be proud of all you and your chapter have accomplished and make sure your share it with your partners and your community.

Happy Hour, AHRMA Style, took place at Max's Wine Dive March 22. More than 125 enthusiastic members and soon-to-be members attended. Sponsored by the AHRMA Membership committee, this event was designed for major networking, a membership drive, and the first kick off event for SHRM Foundation fundraising.

Have you visited the updated SHRM information on the VLRC lately? If not, I’d highly recommend it! The site content and design are excellent!!

Links to the following are all located in one easy-to-navigate location: http://community.shrm.org/vlrc2/shrmcertification

The number of charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rose in the Commission’s last fiscal year, and the amount of money the agency recovered through administrative enforcement and litigation rose sharply in 2015 over 2014. (The fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.)