Webinar Description:

This webinar will cover a basic introduction to many of the essential facets of running a business with employees.  Attendees will

1. Be introduced to many of the laws that employers are required to abide by relating to employees,
2. Be given an overview of many of the best practices that are suggested when dealing with personnel, and
3. Have the opportunity to ask specific questions regarding issues that may have arisen in their workplace.

About the Presenter:

Ginny Biesiada served as the Chief Administrative Officer of a Syracuse-based real estate development and property management firm for over 25 years, overseeing human resources, organizational development and planning, training, risk management and marketing for the company and all of its related entities.

Currently she is providing human resource consulting services to small and mid-size for-profit and not-for-profit firms in the areas of recruiting, onboarding, benefits administration, coaching and disciplinary issues, policy and procedure design, and sexual harassment training and compliance, either on an ongoing basis, or for special projects.

She is a graduate of the University at Albany, earned a Certificate in Human Resource Studies from Cornell University and is a graduate of Leadership Greater Syracuse. She is the recipient of the Central New York Women in Business Award, the Thursday Morning Roundtable Award for Meritorious Service to the Community, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central New York Volunteer of the Year Award, and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Central New York Volunteer of the Year Award.

She currently serves as Immediate Past President of the Friends of the Central Library, a member of the Board of Governors of Hillside, a member of the Onondaga County Civic
Development Corporation, a board member of the Alzheimer’s Association of Central New York and a Parish Council member of St. Paul’s Armenian Church. Previously she served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the United Way of Central New York, President of the Board of Trustees of the Onondaga County Public Library system, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central New York, President of the Board of Directors of the Children’s Consortium, and President of the Syracuse Onondaga County Youth Board.

Live captioning will be provided.

This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward.

Register via Zoom

**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for one contact hour.**

All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.

All Attendees are expected to follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct