May Chapter Meeting
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Memorial Learning Center (1A M.G. Nelson Family Auditorium)
Registration and Networking: 11:15 AM
Lunch/Business Meeting: 11:30 AM
Presentation: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
50/50 Tickets on sale to support the SHRM Foundation!
Presentation:
Future of Work
This program is pending approval for 1 credit hour through HRCI and SHRM!
Topic Description:
The combination of labor pressure, wage trends, and inflation all lead to how important it is to stay with a steady compensation philosophy. Heather Acerra, Group Benefits Consultant with Cottingham & Butler, will discuss benefit and total reward trends in the new world of compensation and describe techniques being utilized by many companies to attract and retain employees. During the presentation Heather will share data from customer surveys and discuss techniques being utilized by many companies with an emphasis on employee well-being.
About the Speaker:
Heather Acerra
Employee Benefit Consultant, Cottingham & Butler
Heather Acerra is a group benefits consultant with Cottingham and Butler. Her focus is helping employers design plans to attract and retain employees in a cost effective manner. Heather utilizes a consultative and data-driven approach to help employers with benefit plan design, wellness program design, cost containment strategies, compliance, employee communications, compensation plan design, engagement/culture diagnostics and more.
Heather has over twenty years of Human Resource experience including compensation consulting, staffing and employee engagement, and leadership of human resource organizations in industries from insurance to industrial labor outsourcing. Heather is passionate about education and serves on the Executive Advisory Board at NEIU’s Business School and is the College Relations Chair for the Oakbrook HRA Board.
She and her husband invented an award-winning educational toy called Lux Blox. Founding a small business which manufactures and distributes domestically and internationally has provided her with first-hand experience of the challenges and excitement of today’s marketplace.
As a reminder:
Registrations must be made through C-Vent before May 11, 2023.
Registrations after this date cannot be accepted due to food count.
Guests may attend a CIC SHRM Chapter Meeting one time for free.
No shows will be invoiced.
