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EIHRA Newsletter June 2009 Issue

Wayne County Wage & Benefit Survey
EIHRA is partnering with Economic Development Corporation of Wayne County and the Ball State Bureau of Business Research to conduct this survey. Volunteers needed.

EIHRA Awarded
2008 Superior Merit Award

2009 SHRM Foundation Scholarship Program

EIHRA Chapter Meeting

July 14
Topic: Benefit Changes Mandated by Law
Presented by: Dave Spring, Neace Lukens

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President, Laura Kehlenbrink

It is a great honor to serve as your 2009 President of the Eastern Indiana Human Resource Association. I have been an active member of the EIHRA since 1995 and have served on the EIHRA Board of Directors for the past 6 years.

The world of HR has faced many challenges in the past and 2009 will prove to be a year with many more. We have before us a year of changes including the new FMLA and ADA regulations along with coming legislation on the federal and state levels.

Looking ahead to the Obama Administration, there is a great potential impact on human resource and organizational issues due to the 2009 policy agenda in Washington that includes health care reform, workplace flexibility- FMLA, immigration reform, sexual orientation non-discrimination, NLRA amendments, pay equity, and retirement issues.

You can help shape future legislation by getting involved. Write to elected officials! Part of SHRM's HR Voice initiative, the Legislative Action Center helps you track legislation and communicate effectively with elected officials about federal and state laws that affect the HR profession.

I suspect that through it all we, as HR, will summon hidden strength to meet the issues head on and lead our organizations forward in these challenging times. In closing, I would like to share one of my favorite quotes from Sidney Powell that speaks to the service of others.

“Try to forget yourself in the service of others. For when we think too much of ourselves and our own interests, we easily become despondent. But when we work for others, our efforts return to bless us.”

Kindest regards,

Laura I. Kehlenbrink, SPHR
EIHRA, President

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