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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February 9, 2012

On November 17, 2011, the EEOC issued an informal discussion letter about how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to qualification standards for jobs.  The letter can be found at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/foia/letters/2011/ada_qualification_standards.html.  There has been significant commentary and conjecture about the meaning and scope of the letter.  The following questions and answers are meant to clarify these issues.

February 7, 2012

President Barack Obama today continued his commitment to improving employment among veterans by introducing an initiative to hire them as the country's first responders.

"In my State of the Union address, I proposed a new initiative called the Veterans Jobs Corps to put veterans back to work protecting and rebuilding America," he said. "And today, we're laying out the details of this proposal."

February 6, 2012

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Labor's wage-and-hour division is proposing regulations that expand employers' Family and Medical Leave Act requirements for caregivers of injured veterans.

The Labor Department said the proposal released Monday implements amendments to the military leave provisions of the FMLA made by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010. That legislation extends FMLA military caregiver leave to family members of certain veterans with serious injuries or illnesses.

Events

February 22, 2012
 
April 9-August 31, 2012
Online
 
April 11 - 13, 2012
Western Region IPMA-HR Conference
Phoenix, Arizona
 
May 29, 2012
Bethesda, MD
 
June 6 - August 22, 2012
Developing Competencies for HR Success
Online Course
 
June 10 - 13, 2012
Combined Central & Southern Region Conference
St. Louis, Missouri
 
June 24-27, 2012
Eastern Region IPMA-HR Conference
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
 
July 11 - August 15, 2012
Managing Employee Performance as a HR Business Partner
Online Course
 
August 6 - December 31, 2012
Online
 
September 8-12, 2012
IPMA-HR International Training Conference & Expo
Nashville, Tennessee
 
September 26 - December 12, 2012
Developing Competencies for HR Success
Online Course
Assessment Products
IPMA-HR Professional Certification