7:30 am – 5:30 pm
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Registration
The registration desk will remain open throughout the day.
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7:45 – 8:45 am
Breakfast provided
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Networking breakfast
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9 – 10:15 am
Opening general session
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Sustain yourself
Using neuroscience and biology, a sense of humor, while making it thoroughly understandable and immediately empowering, in this keynote, Robin will share the three necessary components required simultaneously by your brain to sustain accurate discernment, vibrant energy and focused resilience, essential to sustain ourselves in current workplace pace and cultures.
Learn what you can do to have a remarkably better day. Not only to maintain career satisfaction, be exceptional professionals, but also to enhance your health and sense of humor, on the job and at home. Come away with ah-has, skills and insights that you will repeatedly use and want to pass on to others.
Robin Rose
Nationally renowned trainer, keynote speaker, consultant, and author, Robin Rose is known for delivering powerful conference sessions that educate, entertain, and motivate. Her expertise is in teaching people how to stay calm, professional, and effective – especially during high-stress, high-pressure situations. Reaching beyond the common model of “anger management”, Robin’s approach helps people understand exactly what happens, chemically and physiologically, when they get stressed. She teaches people how to override the fight or flight response, how to shift from reactive impulses into more effective responses, and how to stay respectful, productive and most importantly – professional. Robin’s work is based upon an in-depth understanding of brain-based research, with a particular focus on high-function brain states. Robin works with leaders and teams to enhance skills, integrate new behaviors, and improve performance. She makes it safe to learn new ways of working together.
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10:15 am – 7 pm
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Exhibit open
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10:15 – 10:30 am
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Break
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10:30 am – Noon
Concurrent sessions
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2018 PERC update (repeated on Friday)
Regularly the fastest 90 minutes at LRI, this presentation tours all of the cases of note issued by the Public Employment Relations Commission in the past year. If you are new to labor relations, or are an experienced practitioner trying to keep current on developments and trends in Washington public labor law, this is the session to attend. Veteran attendees recommend that you bring the written materials in either print or digital form to aid in your note-taking.
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Key to changing the trajectory of discrimination and harassment: Modeling diversity
Workshop attendees will meet leaders that have changed the work environment and the trajectory of discrimination and harassment in the workplace by modeling diversity and mentoring future leaders reflective of today’s modern-day workplace. In this interactive panel discussion, participants will explore innovative ways to promote diversity and eliminate harassment using modeling and mentoring.
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Managing stress & preventing burnout (repeat session)
Learn to stop a stress reaction in seconds, regardless of what is going on around you. Gain skills to release accumulated stress that is negatively impacting your attitude and your health. Learn how self-care benefits you at all levels (mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually). Learn how to leave work at work, home at home, and how to debrief, change your ‘state’ and more.
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Social media and the limits of employee protected speech
Public employers often struggle with how to address employees who vent their grievances on social media or other public forums. Employers continue to face large jury awards for violations of employee protected speech rights. This program will include a discussion of the laws that protect public employee speech, with particular emphasis on the First Amendment Right to Free speech and Washington public employee Whistleblower protection laws. It will also provide real life examples showing how these rights play out in court.
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Noon – 1:15 pm
Lunch provided
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Lunch
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1:15 – 2:45 pm
Concurrent sessions
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Drug & alcohol testing: A regulatory update for U.S. DOT & drug-free workplace procedures
Employers of safety-sensitive transportation employees play a vital role in ensuring the safety of their employees and the traveling public. Employers are responsible for developing and implementing successful workplace drug and alcohol programs. The United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT) drug and alcohol testing regulation, 49 CFR Part 40, has been revised and the new regulation became effective on January 1, 2018. In this session, we will describe the context of the revisions, the impact at the employer level, and what actions employers should be taking. In light of the high prevalence of prescription and non-prescription use of these opioids, one likely effect of the expanded opioid testing panel is that employers may be more likely to be contacted by their Medical Review Officer (MRO) following a drug test stating that one of their employees is taking a prescribed medication which makes them a "significant safety risk."
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Getting to #NotHere: Preventing and responding to sexual harassment in the age of #MeToo
Amid a deluge of sexual harassment allegations and reports of workplace misconduct on the national stage, it is time to revisit approaches to preventing and responding to sexual harassment. This session discusses best practices in preventing claims of sexual harassment, including developing policies, changing workplace culture, and tips for avoiding legal claims.
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Managing stress & preventing burnout (repeat session)
Learn to stop a stress reaction in seconds, regardless of what is going on around you. Gain skills to release accumulated stress that is negatively impacting your attitude and your health. Learn how self-care benefits you at all levels (mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually). Learn how to leave work at work, home at home, and how to debrief, change your ‘state’ and more.
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Talking the talk: Mastering communications at the bargaining table
Labor negotiations in the public sector test a range of communications skills, often in high-stakes settings. Discussions with elected officials about parameters for bargaining and progress at the table require an understanding and mastery of local politics; communications at the bargaining table or in bargaining sidebars require preparation, poise and an appreciation/understanding of table dynamics, bargaining strategy and the psychology of deal making; and communications with managers and employees both in anticipation of bargaining and during the bargaining process test listening skills, patience and judgment about when to speak and when to listen. This session will cover the full range of bargaining-related communications and give attendees a play book to plan their communications strategy for upcoming negotiations.
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2:45 – 3 pm
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Break
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3 – 4:30 pm
Concurrent sessions
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Employment law update
A review of lessons from recent court cases applicable to Washington employers . . . to help ensure that you don’t end up in next year’s review! We will discuss key cases decided by the Washington appellate courts and the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Washington) that have implications for Washington employers. This session also will cover recent employment legislation enacted during the 2018 legislative session that imposes new obligations and creates new potential liability risks for unwary employers.
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Investigating discrimination and harassment allegations in the workplace
Discrimination, harassment and retaliation – when an employee discloses that they believe they have been treated unfairly because of their protected class membership, or that they feel unsafe at work, the employer must be prepared to identify conduct amounting to discrimination or harassment in the workplace and to promptly investigate and put a stop to such conduct. Through an example fact pattern, we will explore the lifespan of a workplace claim involving discrimination and harassment from start to finish, including an in-depth primer on anti-discrimination law and the steps necessary to ensure employees are not subject to retaliation.
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Labor law at the corner of transparency and the thin blue line: Understanding and bargaining civilian oversight over law enforcement
This presentation will cover civilian oversight systems in place in Washington and explain bargaining obligations regarding law enforcement discipline and oversight. Topics will include police body cameras, “bill of rights” clauses in collective bargaining agreements, and other law enforcement discipline and oversight issues.
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The psychology of workplace safety (repeated on Friday)
What causes accidents and injuries in the workplace? Defective equipment? Hazardous weather or other environmental conditions? External distractions? While the above factors sometimes play a role, research suggests that the primary cause of workplace accidents is actually human behavior. By understanding the psychological principles that influence human behavior, individuals and organizations can go a long way toward creating a workplace that is as safe as possible.
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5 – 7 pm
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Exhibit reception
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