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Greater Pottstown SHRM (“GPS”) hosted Montgomery County SWAT

Greater Pottstown SHRM ("GPS") hosted Marc Phander, Executive Risk Strategist at Marsh & McLennan Agency and Corporal Steven Morrisey.

Pictured above: Sandi M. Chieffo, HR Director of Borough of Pottstown and Speaker Chair of GPS; Casie Gordon, HR at U.S. Axle, Inc and V.P. of GPS; Judi Himes, Community Employment Liaison for Developmental Enterprises Corp. and Community Outreach and Diversity Chair of GPS; Shelly Stockmal, Victory Community Leader of HR at The Victory Bank and Treasurer of GPS; and Deborah Majer, Workforce Experience Manager at Iron Mountain and Secretary of GPS.

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(Pottstown, Pennsylvania) –On Thursday, September 21st, Greater Pottstown SHRM (“GPS”) hosted Marc Phander, Executive Risk Strategist at Marsh & McLennan Agency and Corporal Steven Morrisey of the Pottstown Police Department and Tactical Commander, Montgomery County SWAT – Western Region who provided training on topics including bullying, terrorism, and violence in the workplace to local Human Resource professionals. Phander and Morrisey covered how to handle bullying; terrorism, employer duties; employer liability; policies and procedures; business impact; how best to protect your employees; as well as insurance considerations.

Greater Pottstown SHRM holds monthly meetings focused on educating local professionals involved in the field of Human Resources. Most meetings are approved for SHRM and/or HRCI continuing education credits. The group typically meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at Brookside Country Club in Pottstown PA.

The next meeting will be held on November 16th from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. Jason Reisman, Labor and Employment Law Attorney and Partner at Blank Rome LLP will give a presentation on Trump’s World Meets Employment Law. All professionals in the Human Resources field are welcome to attend. Lunch for non-members is $30. Cash or checks are accepted at the door. Please RSVP to gtrpottstownshrm@aol.com by Monday, November 13th.

If you are interested in learning more about the group, please reach out to jmartin@peopleshareworks.com or visit our website at http://gtrpottstown.shrm.org. GPS has over 55 local companies that are members.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management.

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