Calendar of Events

Presented by Stephanie Gentry and Angelyn Dale
Hall Estill

Part 1 of HR Foundation Sessions

In order to address the HR needs of our non-profit community, small business and persons with limited HR experience, our learning labs for October and December will be HR Foundation Sessions. These labs are geared towards organizations and businesses with little or no HR support as well as TAHRA members who would like to learn about new ideas and programs that local businesses are successfully using in their organizations. At these two labs, non-profit entities and small businesses will receive the TAHRA rate ($15) to attend the lab by using the promo code "Discount". Attend both HR Foundation Sessions and automatically be entered for drawings for TAHRA membership and events. 

Our lab in October will be an overview of HR compliance basics, with a specific focus on small businesses and nonprofits. This Learning Lab will be presented by Stephanie Gentry and Angelyn Dale, attorneys with Hall Estill, who both specialize in employment law. Their presentation will be designed to provide education on various HR compliance topics to individuals who find themselves responsible for HR issues who may not necessarily have a significant background or training in HR or the individual who might wear many different "hats" for the organization and therefore may not have significant time and resources to devote to HR compliance matters. The focus will be to provide education about the basics and ways to avoid the most frequently-encountered pitfalls. Consider bringing team members and organizational leaders as well. Learning Labs are open to non-members and this lab would be a great opportunity to share your TAHRA experience with them.

This session will include education and the opportunity to ask questions of the speakers about the following topics:

• Hiring best practices
• Performance management during the relationship (including proper classification for contractor/employee and exempt/non-exempt)
• Discipline and terminating the employee relationship
• Volunteers

Angelyn Dale has been a practicing attorney for more than thirty years in the Labor & Employment area and frequently speaks on current issues related to the field . She has an individual AV rating through Martindale-Hubbell and is the 2004 recipient of the Earl Sneed Continuing Legal Education Award presented by the Oklahoma Bar Association. She serves as a Senior Adjunct Settlement Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma; has been recognized as an Oklahoma Super Lawyer in Employment Litigation: Defense and a Top 25 Female Attorney in Oklahoma; has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in Employment Law-Management and Litigation-Labor & Employment; and has been ranked in Band 2 in Labor & Employment Law by Chambers USA.

Stephanie Gentry has been a practicing attorney for eighteen years.  She is licensed and has practiced law in Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas, and has been with Hall Estill since 2003, where she has worked primarily in the firm’s Labor & Employment practice group.  She counsels clients regularly on various labor and employment law matters and assists them in complying with the myriad federal, state and local laws and regulations that apply to employers. In addition, she represents clients before state and federal agencies and in state and federal court in connection with a wide variety of labor and employment-related claims. Further, Stephanie is a frequent speaker at conferences and events regarding labor and employment issues of all kinds.