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• October 2023 - MOST Meeting

  • When
    10 Oct 2023
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    7:30 AM - 9:00 AM (CDT)
  • Location
    OCtober will be: Zoom Virtual Meeting

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  Remote Examination Is Here to Stay: New Form I-9

  Program - MC-SHRM General Meeting   7:45*AM-9:00AM (*Registration 7:30AM-7:45AM)

  
  

  Presented By: Ronda Butler Harkey, Attorney – Fisher Firm
  

  With simplified verification, say goodbye to paperwork headaches and hello to a streamlined procedures including a mobile-friendly Form I-9 process.

  This presentation will discuss updated processes to ensure you stay in compliance with the latest regulations, giving you peace of mind knowing you're doing everything “by the book.”   
  Participant Learning Objectives:

  • Review steps to take for effortless compliance
  • Discuss how to experience faster and more accurate document verification
  • Identify easy-to-follow steps to navigate the Form I-9 in a user-friendly interface
  • Learn how to save time and efficiently get new hires up and running in no time

  

  Ronda Butler Harkey, Attorney has built her top-tier immigration practice upon a passion to help others achieve their American dream - from bringing in educators to teach our children to corporate executives and family member visas to permanent residency. Before joining Fisher Firm, Ronda was a senior partner with Orgain Bell & Tucker, LLP.

  Highly sought-after for her niche practice, Ronda has deep experience in corporate immigration compliance, corporate, investment, and employment-based immigration filings, as well as individual or family-based immigration filings. She drafts immigration compliance plans and frequently presents on immigration topics for corporate, HR, and legal seminars. Ronda and her husband Ryan have two children, ages 14 and11.  The Harkey kids keep life interesting with football, track, band, Boy Scouts, piano, and dance!  

  To Learn more about Ronda Butler Harkey visit: https://fisherfirm.com

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• October 2023 - General Meeting

  • When
    10 Oct 2023
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:15 AM (CDT)
  • Location
    October will be: Zoom Virtual Meeting

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  Tips for Ensuring Effective Documentation

  Program - MC-SHRM General Meeting   9:05*AM-10:15AM (*Registration 9:00AM-9:05AM)

  
  

  Presented By: Kelli Karczewski, Attorney – Fisher Firm
  

  The ability of a supervisor to document poor employee performance is critical to defense of adverse action, whether the employee is being reassigned, demoted, or terminated.
  
  This presentation will discuss how to craft a memo that will document efforts to improve performance, and if necessary, withstand legal challenge. 

  Participant Learning Objectives:

  • Explore notice of performance expectations
  • Examine how to implement counseling to improve performance
  • Assess documentation of performance deficiencies
  • Consider remediation of performance deficiencies
    

  

  Kelli Karczewski, Attorney serves as special counsel for Fisher Firm, overseeing the Public Administration and Education Division. She lives in Nacogdoches with her husband, Tim. They are first year empty-nesters, with their three children in various stages of their college careers. After serving as an Assistant Attorney General with the Texas Attorney General’s office defending state agencies and universities, Kelli transitioned her skills and experience in education law to the rural public school districts of East and Southeast Texas.   

  Kelli finds her greatest joy in the classroom, training school districts. She also previously served as adjunct professor for the Stephen F. Austin State University, Department of Education. In 2009, in partnership with the Region 7 Education Service Center, Kelli founded eTrain Advantage, an on-line training library utilized annually by school districts to train thousands of East Texas teachers and administrators on current school law matters.  

  To Learn more about Kelli Karczewski, visit: https://fisherfirm.com

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