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Labor Relations Law
September 15, 17, 22 & 24
Online program
3 hours per day
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CORE CURRICULUM
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Susan Brecher
TESTIMONIALS
These workshops have motivated me to question existing HR processes/techniques and implement change. Best workshop yet! Susan is amazing. Hope to take more classes in the future. Thank you! - Effective Employee Relations, Spring 2017
Extremely relevant. As someone who is trying to break into the field, I feel like I have a solid idea of EEO & some best practices. - The Law of Equal Employment Opportunity, Spring 2017
This was a great course. I feel I have the tools to perform in my role as EEO rep more effectively- Employee Internal Investigations, Spring 2017
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The Advanced Labor Relations Certificate Program provides you with critical skills to succeed in a unionized environment through a series of two core courses and two sets of elective courses that gives you the flexibility to customize the program to your specific goals. Led by seasoned professionals with decades of experience on both the management and union sides, these programs will provide you with the practical skills required to navigate this complex environment.
Benefits of Workshops and Certificates
The ILR School at Cornell University has the depth of knowledge and expertise to help you find solutions, regardless the workplace challenge.
We prepare leaders who are at the forefront of advancing the world of work, informing policy, and improving the lives of working people locally, nationally, and globally.
ILR offers the most comprehensive portfolio of professional and academic programs grounded in practice and focused on real-world application. We bring together the insight of leading scholars, researchers, and practitioners to deliver interdisciplinary instruction in labor studies, human resources, compensation, employment law, conflict resolution, and disability studies.
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Key Takeaways:
- Advise management on labor relations
- Understand what constitutes unfair labor practices
- Write and interpret contract language
- Manage the grievance process
- Plan and execute key steps of employee investigations
Contract Language and Interpretation
September 29 & October 1
Online program
3 hours per day
Through a series of role-plays and simulations, gain insight into your own negotiation biases, weaknesses, & strengths, and build negotiation confidence and competency. Participants learn how to plan a negotiation strategy and practice the communication skills necessary to showcase underlying needs and interests.
Fundamental Negotiation Skills
October 7 & 8
Online program
4 hours per day
Learn a step-by-step process on preparing for bargaining including aligning organizational, labor and bargaining strategies and developing management and union goals, and preparing for the bargaining table. An in-class project includes preparing and delivering a presentation to management to obtain bargaining mandate.
Preparation for Collective Bargaining
October 21, 23, 28 & 30
Online program
3 hours per day
Participants learn how to develop a negotiating strategy and at-the-table best practices. Program includes a full-day collective bargaining simulation in which participants negotiate in a small group setting against experienced labor relations professionals with ample opportunity for ongoing, real-time feedback and discussion.
Effective Collective Bargaining Skills and Simulation
November 4, 6,10,13,18 & 20
Online program
3 hours per day
Compensation Strategy for Bargainers
CORE CURRICULUM
People taking our Advanced Collective Bargaining Certificate:
- Deepen skills for preparing and executing a collective bargaining strategy
- Foster an in-depth understanding of the economics of collective bargaining
- Develop advanced negotiation strategies and agreement writing best practices
Advanced Collective Bargaining Certificate
Costing the Contract
Through negotiation simulations and lecture, participants learn and practice a variety of approaches to negotiations, how their effectiveness varies by situation, the effectiveness of their own style and how to flex it, and practice value-claiming and value-creating at the same time.
Advanced Negotiations Strategies & Techniques
Students will learn to draft and analyze collective bargaining agreement language in the context of a negotiation. Writing clearly and succinctly, while focusing on the audiences for your agreement language.
Agreement Writing
Learn the key strategic and tactical process and behavioral choices that separate rational problem solving and rational competitive bargaining from negotiating with the irrational, violent and narcissistic in the workplace.
Negotiating with Difficult People
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Emotional Intelligence Participant
Organizations essentially are the relationships among employees. Building and maintaining these relationships is a complex set of skills that challenge every level of human resources. Our training is designed for systematic thinking and problem-solving strategies.
Our courses include a wide range of practices and applied research, from conflict resolution, successful performance
and investigations to emotional intelligence and effective communications to give your HR professionals knowledge about best practices and the skills they need.
Examine employment laws that impact organizations
Practice conducting employee relations conversations
Prevent and respond to policy violations of harassment and retaliation
Step-by-step method of solving problems and resolving conflicts
Work strategically with managers
Learn skills of emotional intelligence
Techniques for conducting interviews and gathering information
The School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) at Cornell University is the preeminent educational institution in the world focused on work, employment and labor. ILR has helped organizations of all kinds to address the most important issues impacting the workplace since its founding over 75 years ago. Our professional education programs connect, inspire and challenge participants to take the next step in their personal, professional and organizational development. Courses are designed for the modern workplace and focus on the knowledge, skills and behaviors that impact people and their organizations.
Western Region HR Manager for Roseburg Forest Products, describes how Cornell’s Professional Education Program focuses on engaged learning through activities such as hands-on exercises, mock negotiations, and constructive feedback.
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