We finally made it to 2021! It’s a new year full of new hope with a new vaccine for the coronavirus that we have battled during the last year. Although we may not all be able to get the vaccine right away, we are optimistic that anyone who wants it can get it by June. So we are looking forward to live SHRM conferences beginning in Q3! We are enjoying our Zoom meetings, our virtual conferences, and working from home. But nothing takes the place of personal social interaction. Although, we may be doing elbow bumps indefinitely.
With this new year comes a new administration in the White House. With the new administration comes a lot of new and revised labor and employment laws. I know you will have a lot of questions and need assistance as we move from a Republican administration to a Democrat administration. As always, we have you covered with our special section on Super Lawyers. Here you will find the top attorneys who can help you with the transition. Please give them a call and take advantage of their many years of experience.
We are honored to have Dee Anna Hays, Shareholder with Ogletree Deakins Tampa office, on our cover this month. She is also the Director of Legislative Affairs for HR Tampa. She is passionate about providing legal advice and counseling to management in difficult workplace situations and is honored to be a trusted advisor to many long-term clients. Dee Anna also launched HR Tampa’s first Legislative Affairs Committee.
If one of your New Year’s resolutions includes becoming a certified HR professional in 2021, you will be happy to learn that we are offering our Online SHRM Certification Exam Prep Class for SHRM-CP | SHRM-SCP in April. Be sure to see Page 8 for details. We are excited to include an update on the SHRM certification six-year mark. Nancy Woolever, Vice President of Certification Operations at SHRM, has provided an excellent progress report.
If you are looking for recertification credits for your SHRM certification and your HRCI certification, we’ve got you covered there also. See Page 6 for the details of our upcoming webinars on January 7, 14, 21, and 28. Special thanks to HRO Partners, ITN, Wimberly Lawson and to Data Facts. My monthly complimentary webinar sponsored by Data Facts on January 28 will on “Preparing Your 2021 HR Strategic Plan.” Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for these exciting events.
Best wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2021!
