HVBF Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable
Thursday, September 1, 2005, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Host: 

The Graduate Center at Loyola College

Attendees:

Paula Alfone, Loyola College in Maryland
Lyn Baylor, McCormick & Company
Shari Blevins, Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland
Sandra Brown, Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc.
Heather Chism, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson
Judy Cross, Point Breeze Credit Union
Carol DeGroot, Atlantic Financial Federal Credit Union
Christine Eichler , PDP Group, Inc.
Jeanette Feeley, Hilb, Rogal, Hobbs
Ann Geisinger, Benelogic, LLC
Peter Guattery, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP
Eileen Hanley, The Mather Companies
Blythe Hannes, Stout, Causey & Horning
Sallie Kilbourne-Reed, Aft America, Inc.
Pat Kilroy, Systems Alliance
Laura Kyle, Marriott Courtyard, Hunt Valley
Sera Loritz, Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs
Tom Maze, Polaris Human Capital Management
Kelly McCaffery, McCormick & Company,
Ann Miller, Apex Clerical, LLC.
James Randisi, Randisi & Associates,
Donna Reihl, Community College of Baltimore County,
Kristin Reynolds, Point Breeze Credit Union
Andy Roberts, Gevity
Lewis Shock, Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs
Christine Walters , FiveL Company
Sherri Weaver, Marriott Courtyard Hunt Valley
Rick Webb, Atlantic Financial Federal Credit Union
Donna Welsh, FX Studios
Patricia Wlodarczyk, Lee Hecht Harrison
Alexander Wright, Miles & Stockbridge

Chairperson Christine Eichler welcomed those attending. Christine introduced Tom Strong of Venable who led our discussion on affirmative action.

Tom guided us through the proposed changes to present rules governing employer responsibilities. The PowerPoint presentation and hand-out detailed the changes. At this time there is no effective date for the changes. New audit procedures are an important component of the changes.

Tom cautioned that employer affirmative action plans should be reviewed. The cost to defend actions brought against employers for violations are very expensive and particularly costly for small businesses to defend.

Tom stressed that we need to address problems with under represented minority groups of workers.

Sandra Brown, Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc. offered the following websites for census data:
The first site provides you with the data. The second site is the listing of the standard occupational codes. It provides you with a job description when you in doubt as to the proper classification of a job.

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/eeoindex/eeoindex.html

• Click Access to 2000 EEO Occupational Data

• Click On-line Access to the EEO Data Tool

• Click Employment by Census Occupation Codes (this will help you identify the job you need to research, and will give you the tie-in number for looking up any job descriptions on the below listed link)

• Select Geography

• Click Next and keep following the links needed for your data.

http://www.bls.gov/soc/soc_majo.htm

Our Job Opportunities link is now active on our website home page displaying links to members with job openings. To be included, contact director@hvbf.org.