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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Berkshire Associates Upcoming Events</title><link>http://www.berkshireassociates.com/default.aspx</link><description>Upcoming events for Berkshire Associates Inc, a  Human Resources consulting firm located in Columbia, Maryland that offers software and consulting for affirmative action, salary, equity and other compliance initiatives.</description><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/berkshireevents" /><feedburner:info uri="berkshireevents" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><title>Institute for Human Resources (IHR) Compensation Best Practices and Trends Virtual Event   3/19 - 3/19</title><description>&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt"&gt;Berkshire Associates&amp;rsquo; leading compensation expert, Michele Whitehead, SPHR, will be examining the dangers of pay inequity, and the importance of establishing and maintaining fair pay in organizations during her presentation at HR.com&amp;rsquo;s IHR Compensation Best Practices and Trends Virtual Event on March 19th. Michele&amp;rsquo;s presentation, &amp;ldquo;Is There Hidden Liability in Your Compensation System? Identifying and Eliminating Pay Inequity&amp;rdquo; will examine how to analyze pay equity, and the steps to take when correcting inequities. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt"&gt;To learn more about this conference, &lt;a href="http://www.hr.com/en/webcasts_events/webcasts/upcoming_webcasts/introduction-to-the-ihr-compensation-virtual-event_gy5xzklc.html"&gt;click here.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt"&gt;To book a Berkshire expert speaker for your next event or meeting, please contact Lauren Collinson at 800.882.8904, ext. 1307 or email laurenc@berkshireassociates.com.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:26:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">659d1984-ea6d-47c9-9bc7-61f851a84240</guid></item><item><title>Lerch, Early &amp; Brewer Meeting  3/21 - 3/21</title><description>&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt"&gt;One of Berkshire&amp;rsquo;s leading compliance experts, Suzanne Keys, SPHR, will be sharing the latest compensation information in her informative session, &amp;ldquo;Ensuring Internal Salary Equity in Your Organization&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;at the Lerch, Early &amp;amp; Brewer Professional Group Meeting on March 21, 2012.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt"&gt;In this informative session, attendees will learn how to analyze and make adjustments to existing compensation in an effort to create and maintain internal salary equity within their organizations. As a result of this session, attendees will be better equipped to overcome compensation and salary equity challenges by increasing their knowledge of how to identify and eliminate pay disparities. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt"&gt;To book a Berkshire expert speaker at your next event or meeting, please contact Lauren Collinson at &lt;a href="mailto:laurenc@berkshireassociates.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;laurenc@berkshireassociates.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; or 800.882.8904, ext. 1307.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt"&gt;Lerch, Early &amp;amp; Brewer is one of Berkshire Associates&amp;rsquo; partners. To learn more about this law firm, &lt;a href="http://www.lerchearly.com/"&gt;click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:56:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">31e9956c-d1b6-4406-a883-1d3290b3fa1a</guid></item><item><title>SWARM 2012 Regional Conference  4/10 - 4/13</title><description>&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt"&gt;Berkshire Associates is heading to San Antonio, Texas, for the SWARM 2012 Regional Conference from April 10-13! There, Berkshire&amp;rsquo;s Training Manager, Nicole Butts, SPHR, will be sharing valuable affirmative action information in her presentation: &amp;lsquo;Affirmative Action 101 &amp;mdash; Understanding What It Takes to Develop an OFCCP Compliant Plan.&amp;rsquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt"&gt;To learn more about the 2012 SWARM Conference, &lt;a href="http://www.swarmconference2012.org/index.html"&gt;click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt"&gt;To book a Berkshire expert speaker at your next event or meeting, please contact Lauren Collinson at 800.882.8904, ext. 1307, or email laurenc@berkshireassociates.com.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:49:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">f19b14c9-ffae-4785-ae29-8b89abcdd747</guid></item></channel></rss>

