Session
Beyond Buzzwords: HR and Compliance that Encompasses Merit, Transparency, and Equity
This program will cut through rhetoric to focus on practical, objective, and defensible HR strategies. This program explores how organizations can design and administer policies, pay practices, and talent decisions that are merit-based, transparent, and equitable—while remaining compliant with evolving employment laws. Attendees will gain clear guidance on aligning business strategy with objective decision-making, therefore, reducing risk, and building trust through consistent, defensible HR practices.
Key Objectives
1. Identify and apply merit-based, objective criteria in the design and administration of HR policies, compensation structures, and talent decisions to promote consistency, transparency, and equity. 2. Assess HR practices for legal compliance and risk exposure by evaluating pay, promotion, and performance systems against evolving employment laws and regulatory enforcement priorities. 3. Demonstrate strategies for documenting and communicating HR decisions in a manner that supports defensibility, reduces bias, and strengthens employee trust through transparent and consistent practices.
HRCI Credits:
1.00 Business HRCI Recertification credits available.
This program has been approved for 1.00 recertification credit hours through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). Please be sure to note the program ID number on your recertification application form. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI website at www.hrci.org.
The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.
SHRM Credits:
1.00 SHRM Recertification credits available.
ELLA is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org.
Thomas Carnahan, PhD
Sr. Manager, People Insights at Berkshire Associates
Thomas Carnahan, Ph.D. is the Senior Manager of People Insights and is responsible for managing Berkshire’s pay equity, compensation design, and performance/talent management line of business. Dr. Carnahan’s expert work centers around conducting meaningful statistical analyses of clients’ compensation data to ensure pay equity and in support of federal, state, and/or local fair pay laws, meaningful development of compensation systems based on market data and job evaluation techniques, and developing objective performance and talent management systems to support operational and HR objectives for rewarding high performers while focusing on individual and organizational development goals. Dr. Carnahan possesses expert-level data capabilities and an extensive background that informs his work with clients, enabling him to deliver customized insights and fuel actionable strategies around pay equity, compensation design, and HR Development (HRD).