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PROGRAM AGENDA 8:00 a.m. Welcome & Introductions 8:10 a.m. Incumbent Workforce Mandated Vaccines, Flexible Workplace, etc. Tom Engel, Owner Vantage Point HR & Eric S. Postma, Litigation, Transactions and Employment Attorney Bittner & Hahs 8:40 a.m. Q&A 8:50 a.m. Becoming An Employer of Choice—Standing Out From The Crowd Robert Knight, Owner Express Professionals—Tualatin 9:20 a.m. Q&A 9:30 a.m. Breakout Session with Panel Members 10:00 a.m. Program Concludes
Protecting your business with better HR decisions Human Resources for Thoughtful Leaders & Managers • Consulting to address any HR challenge you are facing • Striking the right balance between running a good business and being a good boss is a big job. • Navigate enormous gray areas of employment law with confidence and reduce agonizing and frustrating decisions. • Employee Hotline Services - Set a better standard for compliance and ethics, and engage your employees with care. Understand employee issues early and mitigate HR nightmares.
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Tom Engel Principal Consultant Vantage Point HR Tom Engel is the Principal Consultant of Vantage Point HR – a Beaverton human resources company with expertise in HR Outsourcing and HR Consulting. He has over 20 years of customer-facing, professional experience, in the areas of IT, human resources and marketing - with companies as diverse as Sage, Intel and Providence Health & Services. Tom works with a wide range of industries to include automotive, professional services, marketing, IT, healthcare, transportation and non-profits. He has a Bachelor Degree from Linfield College and an M.B.A. from the University of Portland. He is the proud son of his father, a diesel mechanic and mother, an elementary school secretary in SW Washington, both from whom he learned the value of hard work.
Robert Knight Owner Express Professionals - Tualatin For more than 26 years, Robert Knight, Owner of the Express Employment Professionals Office in West Tualatin, Oregon along with his exceptional team have been devoted to providing quality staffing services and human resource solutions to businesses and job seekers throughout our beautiful local community since 1989. Here at Express, we provide a number of staffing solutions in Tualatin for our clients within the Tualatin, Wilsonville, Portland, Canby, and Lake Oswego Areas. Our solutions are divided into four principal industry divisions including: Administrative/Clerical Staffing, Light Industrial/ Skilled Labor Staffing (including areas such as Logistics, Warehousing, and Skilled Trades), Professional/Executive Search and Medical Staffing.
Eric S. Postma Litigation, Transactions, and Employment Attorney Bittner & Hahs, PC Eric S. Postma received his bachelor’s degree from California State University, Fullerton and attended law school at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. While in law school, he was the editor-in-chief of the Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution. Eric has actively practiced in Oregon since 1999, and is also licensed to practice in California and Washington. Eric’s experience in business, real estate and civil litigation includes a broad range of cases from breach of contract actions to employment law, personal injury litigation and beyond. He handles all phases of disputes from negotiations to avoid lawsuits to arbitration, mediation and litigation. Eric has successfully argued matters before the California Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Oregon Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. With that experience, Eric focuses his practice on reaching a resolution to each case that best reflects the interests of his client, whether that be a negotiated settlement in the early phases of the dispute or an exhaustion of all appeals after litigation. Eric also has extensive experience advising businesses in all phases of business operation including business entity formation, employment matters, contract negotiations, sales transactions, and vendor and customer issues. It is Eric’s goal to foster relationships with clients to partner with them in creating and maintaining a successful business or bringing about a reasonable resolution to any dispute. Eric was raised in Southern California and Houston, Texas. He married his high school sweetheart, with whom he has three children. Eric enjoys spending time with his family, cooking outdoors, and other outdoor activities such as camping, hiking, and kayaking.
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