This audio conference was recorded on Friday- February 27, 2009

Credits:

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification.

Description:

You mastered the Baby Boomers ages ago. You just recently got a handle on the Gen Xers. And now there’s yet another group of workers you need to assimilate in your workplace: the Millennials.

The Millennials (or Gen Yers) are the first group of workers to have grown up on e-mailing, texting, Internet surfing, file-swapping, blogging, and digital downloads. Born in the 1980s and beyond, they tend to have different work habits and goals than their more-senior colleagues. They also may be more insistent when it comes to using personal technological devices, such as PDAs, iPods, smart phones, and other gadgets.

According to a study conducted by Symantec in March 2008, nearly 70 percent of Millennials who responded said they would use a computer application, technology, or device regardless of the corporate IT policy their employers had in place. That’s an unsettling statistic - especially given the fact that with more and more Millennials entering the workforce, your sensitive data or trade secrets could be more vulnerable than you’d like to think.

And don’t forget that intergenerational tensions can arise between Millennials and older employees—they’ve got a different take on appropriate workplace protocol, dress, seniority, and their role in the company.

Order this in-depth 90-minute audio conference recording all about effectively managing your Millennials.

Speaker(s):

Daniel P. Westman, Esq., is a partner at the McLean, Virginia, office of law firm Morrison & Foerster, LLP. His employment and trade secret practice focuses on defending employers in whistleblower, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, and discrimination litigation, counseling employers regarding prevention of disputes, litigating employee mobility, and trade secret and noncompetition disputes. Westman has tried numerous cases to jury verdicts in favor of companies, has successfully tried numerous preliminary injunction matters, and has handled dozens of mediations and arbitrations. He has counseled numerous employers regarding employment agreements, personnel policies, noncompetition agreements, trade secrets, and management-union disputes.

Westman has authored numerous publications, has been an invited speaker at numerous legal and industry conferences, and has testified before congressional subcommittees on the subject of proposed federal whistleblower legislation. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2006-2008) as a leader in the field of labor and employment law. He is also listed in Law & Politics Virginia Super Lawyers (2006-2008) for employment and labor law.

Our expert – an experienced employment law attorney - will cover:

• How Millennials’ values and beliefs may differ radically from those of their older co-workers – and why this matters
• The best way to set appropriate boundaries for personal and work time in a 24/7 world, as well as how to avoid a “cyberslacking” culture
• Differing methods and styles of communication among younger and older workers, and how to train workers in good communication etiquette regardless of their age
• The emerging legal and management issues that may arise from Millennials’ use of technology in the workplace, including proprietary issues concerning your organization’s intellectual property and Internet monitoring practices
• Where Millennials may be storing sensitive data about your company, and the data-security issues that could arise if you don’t get a handle on their electronic storage practices
• How to minimize your exposure to age discrimination claims arising from intergenerational conflicts