We know how important it is to stay on top of all the latest happenings in the HR profession. That's why NOARK News is dedicated to keeping you up to date and informed on all local HR and association news, as well as highlighting member accomplishments and general announcements.
Thanks to your generosity, we have raised over $500 for the SHRM Foundation for 2012, and total contributions to the SHRM Foundation were over $1,000 for 2012. This exceeds our goal of $750 for 2012!
McKee Foods Gentry was named the winner of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality’s (ADEQ) 2012 Environmental Stewardship Award for the company’s extensive efforts to divert all of its waste from landfills.
Little Rock, Ark. (Nov. 2, 2012) – Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C. has been ranked as a leading Labor and Employment law firm in the state of Arkansas in the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. This marks the eighth consecutive year the firm has received this “Band 1” ranking – the highest honor in a specific area of practice.
John Brown University heads this year's list of Greenest Office winners as designated by the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. You can read the article HERE.
NOARK's Workforce Readiness Committee was recognized in an article about the NWA job fair in the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce November newsletter:
NOARK President Tracey Kenny Farmer was featured in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette earlier this month, after attending a forum about changes in employee health insurance plans under Obamacare. You can read the full article below:
The Consumber Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has made changes to three of the notices required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. These changes are effective January 1, 2013.
SPRINGDALE -- Rockline Industries has announced that its Springdale facility is the recipient of an award from the Arkansas Department of Labor for safety. The Springdale plant, located at 1583 E. Mountain Road, has accumulated two million hours worked without a lost time injury.
The purpose of NOARK's Career Center is to connect qualified HR professionals with the companies who are looking for them. If you are an HR professional looking for a job in NW Arkansas, you'll find current openings here on the Job Listings page. If you need to fill a vacancy in your HR department, please visit our Post a Job page for more information.
On behalf of the Society for Human Resource Management’s staff and Board of Directors, I want to congratulate your chapter for your achievement of attaining Membership Superstar status for 2011!
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