| Astra HR prides itself on offering meaningful business solutions combined with an unmatched level of Human Resource Management expertise. Provided below, are Executive Summaries for several of our industry-specific seminars. |
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Entrepreneurship and Employees
Astra HR focused session on the legal requirements of owning your own business as it relates to HR administration, legal compliance with employment laws, payroll administration and services, and finding affordable employer-sponsored benefits programs for your employees. |
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Compliance-Related Issues
Astra HR's Rockville, Maryland consulting firm provides an overview of Federal and State employment laws and provides HR guidance on how to act when federal and state laws conflict. From I-9 compliance, to using HR technology in paperless recordkeeping systems to minimize risk, to personnel file content retention timelines, Astra HR consultants guide you through the seemingly complex maze of employment laws. |
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Fundamentals of the Employment Handbook
Astra HR consultants review the basic requirements for a well-drafted employment handbook that protects the company. Prominently-placed, strategic sample language for preserving the at-will nature of employment in right to work states is provided. HR consultants discuss sample employment handbook language that may constitute a guarantee of employment or otherwise be unintentionally construed as an employment agreement or employment contract. |
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Performance Management and Compensation
Astra HR consulting firm representatives talk about using performance standards, major responsibilities, and the performance appraisal system to support ongoing, daily performance management aspects. Linking compensation to performance (or linking performance to compensation) is a fundamental objective of HR departments. Discussions by HR consultants are provided on determining market-based compensation programs, using comparative ratios (compa-ratios) to determine individual, department, and company-wide determinations of how well the salaries are aligned with what the market will bear. |
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Controlling the Total Costs of Employment
Learn how to calculate the total cost of employment, and understand how best to control one of the largest expenses of running an organization. Calculating turnover ratios, the hidden expenses associated with backfilling positions, the opportunity costs of bringing new employees on board with the company and the ramp-up period are discussed by Astra HR consultants. |
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Technology and People
Astra HR consultants discuss utilizing technologically sophisticated data and HR management systems (HRMS) to handle and reduce the administrative burdens of managing people. HR administration, payroll processing services, benefits administration such as COBRA administration, flexible spending account administration, online benefits enrollment systems, onboarding systems, and specifically web-based HR systems are discussed. |
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Employee Relations - Dealing With the Tough Issues
Astra HR consultants discuss handling difficult people and other employee relations problems. In this HR education session, HR consultants discuss setting expectations and controlling out-of-control behavior in ways that do not expose the employer to potential lawsuits. HR employment laws are discussed as well as the employer's obligation to conduct investigations of improper conduct to include sexual harassment investigations involving quid pro quo sexual harassment and hostile work environment sexual harassment. Astra HR consultants discuss teaching new supervisors the new management skills to deal with their former colleagues. |
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