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    • 18 Apr 2024
    • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
    • 130 Theory, Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92617 (host location: McGriff Insurance Services)
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    Round Table Discussion - Total Rewards

    In-Person Meeting with a Continental Breakfast in Irvine

    Thursday, April 18, 2024

    Meeting: 7:30 am to 9:00 am PDT

     

    The Round Table Discussion provides an opportunity for members to connect and collaborate on common issues and struggles. There will be facilitators available to help guide discussions, but the event will allow for the organic sharing of ideas and group problem solving.

    There will be several tables at the event, and each table will feature a different discussion topic. Discussion topics may include the following:

    • Compliance with Pay Equity Laws.
    • Total Rewards Strategies for Hot Jobs.
    • Performance Management/Pay for Performance
    • Changing Trends and Laws on Parental Leave
    • Emotional Health Management
    • Total Rewards Strategies in a hot market--Employee Benefits and Retirement Plans
    • Talent Development
    • Recognition

    Attendees are encouraged to bring questions/real life scenarios to discuss with the group.

    The event is free for all members; however, we ask that you preregister to determine an accurate attendee count.

    • 25 Apr 2024
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • Webinar
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    Recent Legislation and Trends to Consider for 401(k) Plan Sponsors

    Live Webinar

    FREE for OCCABA members.

    Non-OCCABA member may register for $30.

    Thursday, April 25, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (Pacific Time)

    Program information to follow shortly.

    Presented by:

     

    Patrick McKiernan, CPFA®

    Executive Vice President, HUB Retirement & Private Wealth

    With over 25 years of retirement plan consulting experience, Patrick holds the Certified Plan Fiduciary designation from the National Association of Plan Advisors. He has been a speaker and journal contributor for various retirement plan and human resources related organizations including PIHRA, NAPA and the Association of Legal Administrators. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Patrick is a member of the Retirement Advisor Council and as a member of the NAPA Government Affairs Committee, he regularly participates in efforts to better shape national retirement plan policy.

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    All registrations must be completed by 9:00 pm the night before the webinar to ensure the participant will receive the webinar link and/or dial-in information.

    Attendance counts toward WorldatWork re-certification.

    • 30 May 2024
    • 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM
    • 130 Theory, Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92617 (host location: McGriff Insurance Services)
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    Total Rewards IRL (In-Real-Life) 

    In-Person Breakfast Meeting

    Thursday, May 30, 2024 from 7:15 am to 9:30 am (Pacific Time)

    Networking / Breakfast: 7:15 - 7:50 am

    Meeting: 7:50 - 9:30 am

    Parking is free. The meeting will be at 130 Theory, Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92617 (host location: McGriff Insurance Services)

    Program information to follow shortly.

    Presented by:

     Laura Beesley, CCP, SHRM-SCP

    Compensation Program Manager for UC Irvine

    Laura Beesley is a Compensation Program Manager with 20+ years of experience in Human Resources. For the last 14 years, Laura has specialized in Compensation in multiple industries, including higher education, healthcare, medical devices, real estate, and title insurance. Since 2018, Laura has served on the board of directors for the Orange County Compensation and Benefits Association (OCCABA). In addition to a Bachelor of Sciences degree, Laura became a Certified Compensation Professional in 2019 and SHRM Senior Certified Professional in 2022. Recent areas of interest include incorporating artificial intelligence into Compensation, career pathways, and building comprehensive Excel dashboards. Outside of work, Laura enjoys all things Disney, Broadway, is currently training for her first half marathon.


     Sara Girgis

    Benefits and Retirement Manager for UC Irvine

    Sara Girgis, an accomplished Employee Benefits Manager, currently serves as the Benefits and Retirement Manager at UC Irvine. With over a decade in government administration, Sara excels in benefits administration, recruiting, and employee wellness. Her proactive leadership drives organizational effectiveness and employee satisfaction, demonstrated at institutions like the City of Anaheim and San Bernardino County HR. Sara fosters inclusive workplaces, reflected in her proficiency in Arabic and certification as a Domestic Violence Advocate. Holding an MBA in Business Administration and a Bachelor's degree in Management, she combines academic acumen with practical experience to deliver impactful results in human resources and employee benefits management.

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    Note:

    (i) Once you have registered for this event, we will not be able to refund your payment should you be unable to attend.

    (ii) Those who do not register and have pre-paid 24 hours in advance will be charged an additional $10 at the door.

    (iii) Attendance counts toward WorldatWork recertification.

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Past events

21 Mar 2024 Trends in Executive Compensation
22 Feb 2024 Pay Equity Analyses: Keeping it Legal
24 Jan 2024 2024 Economic Outlook
16 Nov 2023 Annual Wage & Hour Legislative Update with Richard Simmons, Esq.
26 Oct 2023 Trends in Sales Compensation
28 Sep 2023 Elevate Your Analytical Skills: MS Excel & ChatGPT
22 Sep 2023 Compensation 101 for the HR Professional
17 Aug 2023 Member Appreciation Summer Dinner Cruise
20 Jul 2023 Trends In Employee Benefits
29 Jun 2023 Motivating Employees with Incentives that Work
25 May 2023 OCCABA Member Spotlight featuring Working Wardrobes
27 Apr 2023 Workforce Resilience: Wellness and Mental Health
23 Mar 2023 Trends in Executive Compensation
09 Mar 2023 Winning Strategies for Remote Work
23 Feb 2023 California Pay Transparency 2023 - Insights, Best Practices, & Total Rewards Considerations
26 Jan 2023 How to Protect Pay Equity in a Tight Labor Market
17 Nov 2022 Annual Wage & Hour Legislative Update
28 Oct 2022 Compensation 101 for the HR Professional
27 Oct 2022 Sales Compensation
22 Sep 2022 Trends in Employee Benefits
25 Aug 2022 Pay Equity Legal Update
21 Jul 2022 Member Appreciation Summer Dinner Cruise
13 Jul 2022 Benefits 101 - Introduction to Health, Welfare & Retirement Benefits Strategy in Support of a Winning Employee Value Proposition
23 Jun 2022 Pay Transparency is Coming -- Are you Ready?
26 May 2022 What the CEO, Board, & Compensation Committee Expects From the Total Rewards Function
28 Apr 2022 Total Rewards Solutions to Support Your Talent Strategy
31 Mar 2022 How Total Rewards is Responding to the Turnover Avalanche
24 Feb 2022 Feedback: The Unsung Hero of Rewards
27 Jan 2022 Remote Work: Practices Research and Survey Results
18 Nov 2021 Annual Wage & Hour Legislative Update
28 Oct 2021 Sales Compensation
04 Oct 2021 WorldatWork 2021 Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition AND the 2021 Total Rewards Virtual Conference
24 Sep 2021 Compensation 101 for the HR Professional
23 Sep 2021 Is There A Doctor In the House? Our Incentive Plans Aren’t Doing Well
26 Aug 2021 Pay Equity Panel: Latest Views on Employer Progress and Challenges
23 Aug 2021 Sales Comp 2021
24 Jun 2021 COVID-19 Impact on the current Total Rewards climate ... What to consider in the coming months
15 Jun 2021 Benefits 101 for the HR Professional
27 May 2021 The Future of Pay
29 Apr 2021 Future of Benefits / Impact from November Election
25 Mar 2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) Analytics and Total Rewards
25 Feb 2021 Executive Compensation Strategies in the Era of COVID-19
28 Jan 2021 What Every Employer Needs to Know About U.S. Health Benefits Trends
04 Dec 2020 All Member Luncheon
19 Nov 2020 Annual Wage & Hour Legislative Update
22 Oct 2020 Performance Management Employer Panel - HR Execs Talk About What They're Doing, How They Got There, What Is Working Best, and Where Performance Management is Heading
25 Sep 2020 Compensation 101 for the HR Professional
24 Sep 2020 Pay Equity Panel: Latest Views on Employer Progress and Challenges
08 Sep 2020 T2 – Accounting and Finance for the Human Resources Professional
27 Aug 2020 Pay Equity: How To Protect Yourself With Pay Equity Audits. Don't Wait To Get Sued
30 Jul 2020 Total Rewards COVID-19 Perspectives: Analytics, Compensation, and Benefits Considerations
23 Jul 2020 Summer Social - Virtual - Member Appreciation
25 Jun 2020 Compensation Changes in the New Environment
16 Jun 2020 Benefits 101 for the HR Professional
28 May 2020 Health Benefits Innovation, Well-being and Consumerism
30 Apr 2020 Trends in Executive Compensation
06 Apr 2020 C12 – Variable Pay – Improving Performance with Variable Pay
27 Feb 2020 Employer Health Benefits Design Trends and Issues
23 Jan 2020 7 Awful Mistakes; 7 Awesome Sales Compensation Solutions
21 Nov 2019 Richard Simmons returns for our Annual Wage & Hour Legislative Update
18 Oct 2019 Round Table Discussion
10 Oct 2019 Not Just How Much, but How Itself: The Many Ways in which Compensation is Being Delivered Today
07 Oct 2019 C8 – Business Acumen for Compensation Professionals
26 Sep 2019 Benefits Trends Survey
20 Sep 2019 Compensation 101 for the HR Professional
29 Aug 2019 Trends & Updates in Executive Compensation
25 Jul 2019 Summer Social - Member Appreciation - Hornblower Buffet Sunset Cruise – Newport Harbor
27 Jun 2019 Wage Orders (IWC): How to Understand Them
25 Jun 2019 Benefits 101 – For the HR Professional
30 May 2019 Pay Equity Legal Update
25 Apr 2019 Total Rewards Communication: How to get it right
15 Apr 2019 T2 – Accounting and Finance for the Human Resources Professional
28 Mar 2019 The Power of Appreciation and Recognition
28 Feb 2019 2019 Health and Welfare Plan Legal Update
31 Jan 2019 Trends and Issues in Sales Compensation Planning and Design – What are companies doing for 2019 and beyond?
29 Nov 2018 Richard Simmons returns for our Annual Wage & Hour Legislative Update
25 Oct 2018 Unique Benchmarking Tactics for Defining Jobs and The Competitive Labor Market
08 Oct 2018 WorldatWork - T4 – Strategic Communication in Total Rewards
27 Sep 2018 Annual Benefits Survey: Learn What the Best of the Best Are Doing with Latest Benefits Trends and Practices
14 Sep 2018 Compensation 101 for the HR Professional
11 Sep 2018 Free Career Lab Workshop
30 Aug 2018 Designing Long Term Incentive Plans for Organizational Success
26 Jul 2018 Summer Social - Member Appreciation - Hornblower Buffet Sunset Cruise – Newport Harbor
28 Jun 2018 Telecommuting-Sustaining the Virtual Workplace
31 May 2018 Talent Wars: U.S. and Global Pay Growth in a Time of Low Unemployment and Preparing for the Workforce of the Future
26 Apr 2018 Trends in Medical Costs and Prescription Drug Management
09 Apr 2018 WorldatWork - T3 – Quantitative Methods - Understand HR Statistics
29 Mar 2018 Strategies To Maximize Employee Engagement: Modernizing Total Rewards - presented by John Bremen (of Willis Towers Watson)
22 Feb 2018 Securing Unique Talent: Bonus, Equity and other Leading Attraction and Retention Strategies
25 Jan 2018 Pay Equity: Latest Views on Legislative and Case Law and Employer Progress & Challenges
30 Nov 2017 Richard Simmons returns for our Annual Wage & Hour Legislative Update
26 Oct 2017 Free for Members - OCCABA Networking / Social Hour
26 Oct 2017 EEO-1 and Employer Compliance
02 Oct 2017 WorldatWork - C12 - Variable Pay – Improving Performance with Variable Pay
28 Sep 2017 Employee Value Proposition & Total Rewards
22 Sep 2017 Compensation 101 for the HR Professional
31 Aug 2017 Avoiding Controversy In The Board Room
27 Jul 2017 Summer Social - Member Appreciation - Hornblower Buffet Sunset Cruise – Newport Harbor
29 Jun 2017 U.S. Benefits Survey by Mercer - Practices, Trends, & View of the Trump Administration and Congressional Revisions to the Affordable Care Act
25 May 2017 Sales Compensation: Dark Side of Sales Quotas
27 Apr 2017 OCCABA Networking / Social Hour(s)
27 Apr 2017 Making Performance Management Systems Work
25 Apr 2017 Fiduciary Training Program - No cost to attend, space is limited.
30 Mar 2017 Fair Labor Standards Act - Shifting Flood Waters
23 Feb 2017 Webinar - Job Architecture and Career Frameworks For Employee and Employer Success
26 Jan 2017 Transparency in Executive Compensation- Proper Reporting Tools and Controls
17 Nov 2016 Richard Simmons returns for our Annual Legislative Update
28 Oct 2016 Compensation 101 for the HR Professional
27 Oct 2016 Social Hours / Networking
27 Oct 2016 Webinar - Global Retirement Planning: New Strategies For A Multinational Workforce
26 Oct 2016 Fiduciary Training Program - No cost to attend, space is limited.
03 Oct 2016 WorldatWork C8 - Business Acumen for Compensation Professionals
29 Sep 2016 Effective Sales Compensation – Adopt Best-Practice Building Codes
25 Aug 2016 Webinar - Long-Term Incentive Plans For High Growth Companies
28 Jul 2016 Summer Social - Member Appreciation & Special Guest: Dr. Bob Nelson
23 Jun 2016 Webinar - Executive Compensation - Judging Organizational & Individual Success
19 May 2016 Annual Mercer Benefits Survey: A Close Look at U.S. Practices and Trends
28 Apr 2016 Social Hours / Networking
28 Apr 2016 Webinar - Unique Salary Benchmarking In the Financial Sector and Other Technology Applications
04 Apr 2016 T2 – Accounting & Finance for the Human Resources Professional
31 Mar 2016 Hoag Health and Cigna Health Care – A Population Health Management Success Story
29 Mar 2016 Free - Join The Plan Sponsor University (TPSU) For An Exclusive Half-day Fiduciary Training Program
25 Feb 2016 Social Hours / Networking
25 Feb 2016 Webinar- The Fair Labor Standards Act: Worker Misclassification and Hours & Earnings Effects of Expanded Coverage
28 Jan 2016 Affordable Care Act Check-Up For 2016 - Where Do We Stand?...and a HUGE raffle!
19 Nov 2015 Legislative Update with Richard Simmons: A View of Critical Laws and Case Decisions
29 Oct 2015 Surviving an OFCCP Compliance Audit--Best Practices to Limit Liability and Costs
24 Sep 2015 Rising Minimum Wage Rates and Employer Strategies
18 Sep 2015 Compensation 101 for the HR Professional
27 Aug 2015 Recognition Strategies for Millennials
16 Jul 2015 Member Appreciation Summer Social
25 Jun 2015 Are we reining in executive compensation? Examining the impact of SEC Requirements and the Dodd Frank Act on Executive Compensation
28 May 2015 Mercer Benefits Survey: Understanding Global Trends and Issues
30 Apr 2015 Does Pay for Performance Really Motivate Employees?
26 Mar 2015 Total Rewards Tactics for "Hot Jobs"
26 Feb 2015 Market Compensation Benchmaking Strategies For High Technology Companies
29 Jan 2015 Exploring the Myths & Misconceptions of Employer-Sponsored Healthcare Plans
18 Dec 2014 Human Capital Benchmarking and Budgeting Trends- Are You Ready For 2015?
05 Dec 2014 Compensation 101 for the HR Professional
20 Nov 2014 General Employment Law/Legal Update for 2015

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