Welcome to IPMA-HR
IPMA-HR is an organization that represents the interests of human resource professionals at the federal, state and local levels of government.
Our goal is to provide information and assistance to help HR professionals increase their job performance and overall agency function by providing cost effective products, services and educational opportunities.
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IPMA-HR joined the Employers Network for Responsible Options, Laws and Leadership (ENROLL) coalition in filing comments on the interim final rules implementing the healthcare reform laws. The coalition includes several other employer groups, including the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.The comments focused on the "grandfather" provisions, annual limit and recession provisions.
Two pieces of legislation signed by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick in early August contain provisions that will require employers in the Commonwealth to take affirmative steps to change their current employment practices. Effective August 1, 2010, employers must notify employees within ten days of placing information that may lead to disciplinary action or may negatively affect their employment into their personnel records. The other piece of legislation prohibits employers from asking questions on an “initial written application form” about an applicant’s criminal background. Source: Proskauer Rose LLP.
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The nation's 89,526 state and local governments employed 16.6 million full-time equivalent employees in 2009, statistically unchanged from 2008, according to government employment data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Part-time employees numbered 4.7 million, not statistically different from 2008.
A new analysis by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company, shows that many workers are continuing to enroll in COBRA for health care insurance, despite the high price tag and the end of the government COBRA subsidy. One out of five terminated employees in Hewitt's analysis enrolled in COBRA coverage in June 2010—the first month where the subsidy was not available—which is almost twice as high as historical, pre-subsidy enrollment rates.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Seventeen percent of U.S. workers say they work for federal, state, or local government, ranging from 38% in Washington, D.C., to 12% in Ohio. More than a quarter of workers in Washington, D.C., Alaska, Virginia, and Maryland work for government, as do upwards of 15% in the vast majority of states.
Events
IPMA-HR International Training Conference & Expo
Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers
Seattle, WA
October 6
Managing Employee Performance as an HR Business Partner
Online Course
