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January
Jim Day and Nicole Winther spoke about the activities and mission of the Cedar Falls Human Rights Commission.
February
Ron Furman from True North Companies started the presentation by asking if we have a health care crisis or have a health crisis? (We have a health crisis.) Then proceeded to expand on how employees perceive their health benefits. He expanded on how we went from indemnity plans to the consumer driven plans and that we are in an aging population. He reviewed current annual premiums and what the projected premiums may be in 2013. In summary employers need to empower employees on health issues whether they have health conditions or are healthy, they need to make behavior modification.
March
Ron Wilson from Drug-Free Iowa & Face It Together talked about the history of Drug-Free Iowa and how Face It Together came about. He gave some rather alarming statistics on abuse in the workplace. Example: Average income of abuser is $35,000, 69% of employees are for random drug testing, 77% abusers are employed, 30-50% are less productive, they are 10 times more at risk to miss work, 3 times as likely to be late for work, 3 times at risk to have an accident at work, 5 times more likely to file a workers compensation claim, and 50-80% of work theft is due to employees under the influence.
April
Meeting Sponsored by the Student Chapter for UNI SHRM
May
Donna Davis from North Star Community Services went over what qualifies someone for the Newel Post Services – 1) mature adults, 2) midlife onset, and 3) older adults with age related disabilities.
June
July
Celina Peerman, consultant for Hawkeye Community College, presented “Organizational Commitment - Making Connections that Work.”
August
Shannon Farlow informed membership about Junior Achievement’s local efforts to educate primary and secondary school students about the world of business.
September
Employment Law Seminar at Covenant Medical Center
October
November
December
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