Monthly SHRM Meeting Agenda:

Wednesday, April 26, at 8 am to 10 am

Location:
Corporate & Community Education Center (MAP)
1600 Osgood Street, North Andover, MA

Speaker: Mike Maciekowich

Cost: This event is free to members and $25 to non members. Guests may attend the first two meetings at no charge.

Topic: Compensation Across the Generation

Human Resource professionals are facing increasing challenges from organization management and employees regarding the appropriateness of the compensation program.  The day of the "one size fits all" compensation system is long gone.  The challenge is to develop systems that respond to the needs of the different generations.  This presentation will review how this new challenge has altered compensation and total reward designs and will include a case history of one organization's response to a growing and challenging problem.

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Additional Short Presentation - Healthcare Legislation

Aaron will talk about the recent Massachusetts healthcare legislation aimed at increasing health coverage for all residents of Massachusetts.  The legislation will impact all employers with more than 10 employees in Massachusetts.  Aaron will be covering employer responsibilities including the "fair share contribution" and the "free rider surcharge".  In Aaron's capacity as the Massachusetts Legislative Representative to the staffing industry he has obtained much information on the specifics of the law as well as insight into the Commonwealth's plans gained through meetings with legislators.

Aaron Green, President and Founder
Professional Staffing Group
Green is President and founder of Professional Staffing Group (PSG) in Boston, Massachusetts a temporary staffing firm that serves Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. PSG staffs office support, creative, technical, and financial positions for customers.

In the 10 years since he founded the company, Green has grown PSG to be one of the largest staffing firms in the state by developing innovative solutions to clients’ and candidates’ staffing challenges. PSG instituted a unique Guaranteed Work Program â , a paid training program that all temporary employees go through, a 100% paperless office, and a focus on creating and measuring client/candidate loyalty. In a nationwide contest, PSG was recently selected as the Gold Winner for excellence in customer loyalty by the staffing industry’s leading analyst firm, Staffing Industry Analysts.

Green is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Staffing Association (ASA) and he currently serves as the Massachusetts staffing industry legislative representative. He also serves as the Policy Council Chairman for the ASA Professional Services Council, as well as serving on the marketing committee for the American Staffing Association. Additionally, Green serves on the diversity committee for the Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA) and is the co-chairperson of the Diversity Scholarship Committee for NERHA.

 

 

Information about our speaker:

Michael F. Maciekowich
National Director
Astron Solutions
(646) 792-2518:Voice (917)714-0317:Cell
(646)792-2519:Fax (800)520-3889 Ext.2
www.astronsolutions.com michaelm@astronsoltuions.com
Astron Solutions: Providing Unique and Affordable Compensation & Human Resource Consulting Since 1999

About Michael Maciekowich:

Consulting (1983 – Present)
Michael F. Maciekowich is a National Director for Astron Solutions. Prior to Astron, Michael was the National Director of Healthcare Rewards Consulting and the Metro New York Operations Manager for Rewards Consulting for the Hay Group. His areas of expertise include the development, design, and implementation of executive, physician, and employee total cash compensation and performance management systems in healthcare, non-profit, public sector, and service industries. His primary focus is the integration of compensation and human resource strategies with organization-specific missions, visions, values, and strategic operating plans.

Michael has twenty seven years of consulting and industry compensation experience. He was a compensation consultant with a number of consulting firms, including Towers Perrin (Senior Consultant), Hartstein Associates (Vice President), Adams, Nash & Haskell (Vice President), The Omni Group (Vice President and Partner), and Modern Management (Senior Consultant). In these roles, he focused on the role compensation plays in human resources and labor avoidance strategies. He has assisted over three hundred organizations in his twenty-year consulting career.

Industry (1978 – 1983)
Prior to his consulting career, Mike was responsible for compensation services at the American Hospital Association, Honeywell International, and Zenith Electronics.

Professional Activity:
Michael is a sought-after speaker in compensation program design. He is a regular speaker for the national conference of the American Society of Healthcare Human Resource Administration (ASHHRA) regarding healthcare compensation and performance management strategies. In addition, he has presented to local ASHHRA chapters including those in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York State, and New York City.

Michael has presented to numerous Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) organizations including Central New York SHRM (Syracuse, NY), Mohawk Valley SHRM (Utica, NY), Acadiana SHRM (Lafayette, LA), Niagara Mohawk SHRM (Buffalo, NY), Northwest Indiana SHRM (Valparaiso, IN), Capital District SHRM (Albany, NY), Mid-Hudson SHRM (West Point, NY), Southwest SHRM (Fort Worth, TX), the Glens Falls Personnel Association (Glens Falls, NY), and Space Coast SHRM (Cape Canaveral, FL). Michael conducted several one-day seminars on the future of compensation program design, sponsored by the New York State Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management.

Professional Affiliations:
Michael is an active member of WorldatWork (former American Compensation Association), American Society of Healthcare Human Resource Administration, Society for Human Resource Management, and SHRM’s Consultants Forum. He is also a member of various local and state human resource associations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Upstate New York, Greater New York City, and Louisiana. Michael is a member of the International Who’s Who of Professionals. He received a lifetime achievement award from WorldatWork.

Formal Education:
Michael received a bachelor’s degree in political science / philosophy (1975) and a master’s degree in industrial relations (1978) from the Loyola University of Chicago.

Our Sponsor for this event is: Kenoza Vending

Kenoza Vending Co., Inc
67 West Main Street
Merrimac, MA  01860

Phone 978.346.8765
Fax 978.346.9245

  
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