HR Compliance: Self-Audit Best Practices

Adhering to federal regulatory requirements while remaining attentive to your school’s culture can be challenging, as policies that are known to be best practice can feel “too corporate” in an independent school setting. In this workshop, we will learn how to implement HR-related best practices in a way that feels authentic to your school community, with a focus on recruitment, safety and performance management. Using NBOA's “Culture Meets Compliance” publication — an interactive assessment tool — we will highlight elements of an effective human resources self-audit and support you in instituting, identifying and pursuing practices that help you hire and retain mission-aligned employees and comply with all federal regulations.

Recommended Audience: Business Officers and Human Resources Professionals

Learning Objective(s):

• Participants will learn to assess the efficacy of HR processes.
• Participants will be provided with guidance on best practices for employment law compliance.
• Participants will learn to align their HR practices with the culture of the school’s community.

Pricing

Members: $320.00
Nonmembers: $450.00

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Instructors

Grace H. Lee, Esq.

Partner | NBOA Legal Counsel

Venable LLP

Washington, DC

Grace H. Lee is a partner with Venable, LLP in the Labor and Employment Practice. Lee is an independent school law attorney whose practice focuses on employment law, risk management and other compliance and regulatory matters that impact independent schools and nonprofit organizations. She has significant experience formulating and implementing policies and procedures that assist her clients in complying with applicable state and federal laws, and provides them with proactive and preventive strategies.

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Amber Stockham, SPHR

Senior Director, Human Resources Programs

NBOA

Pittsfield, MA

With 20 years of human resources-related experience, Amber Stockham, SPHR, brings expertise in regulatory compliance, talent acquisition and management, organizational planning, and compensation and benefits design to her role as director, human resources programs at NBOA. Prior to joining NBOA in 2020, her career spanned a variety of industries, including social services, manufacturing and construction. She found a passion for education when she served as the director of human resources at Miss Hall’s School, an independent day/boarding school for girls in grades 9-12 in Massachusetts. In her current role, Stockham develops and delivers highly practical and engaging programs, products and services on topics ranging from difficult conversations and employee supervision to benefits administration. Stockham holds a master of business administration from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. 

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