WON Agenda - October 2011

October 18-19, 2011
MetLife
1095 Avenue of the Americas
Sky Garden Auditorium (23rd Floor Conference Center)
New York, NY

October 18th: Diversity Day

8:30 am Continental Breakfast

9:00 am Welcome and Introductions

9:30 am Best Practice: MetLife’s US Diversity & Inclusion Strategy

Robin Lenna, Executive Vice President, US Business and Executive Sponsor of the US
Business Diversity Committee, will provide an overview of the model being employed by the
committee to embed diversity and inclusion into the department's business strategies. She will
describe how the committee has been able to engage members of the department's senior
leadership team and incorporate the diversity program metrics into the department's overall
strategic initiatives.

10:45 am Break

11:00 am Creating Safe Space in the Workplace and Beyond: Best practices from Massachusetts

Mutual and GLSEN
Panel: Angela Scott, VP Employee Relations & HR Compliance, Massachusetts Mutual;
Brett Cook, President of the Massachusetts Mutual Pride Employee Resource Group;
Stephanie Blackwood, Sr. Manager of Institutional Relations, GLSEN and Lindsay
Friedman, GLSEN Safe Space Campaign Manager

Massachusetts Mutual’s Pride ERG turned the tragedy of a young man’s suicide in
Springfield, MA, into a constructive conversation about bullying with their employees and the
community, when they partnered with the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network
(GLSEN). The panel will talk to members abut how Massachusetts Mutual created their own
Safe Space program mirrored after GLSEN’s program to bring the issue of bullying into the
workplace.

12:30 pm Lunch

1:45 pm Religious Diversity at Work: Creating a Culture of Respect

In today's multicultural workplaces, employees increasingly bring their whole selves to work - including their religious beliefs and practices. Employers often feel challenged by unfamiliar religious practices and are unsure how to respond. Employees may encounter tensions and misunderstandings when requesting religious accommodations or discussing religious differences. Rachel Maryles, Assistant Director Religious Diversity in the Workplace of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, will examine trends affecting religious diversity and explore some of the obvious and subtle ways that religious ignorance or bias
show up in our workplaces. This interactive session will conclude with Tanenbaum's better practices around communicating effectively and respectfully in the workplace to help HR and D&I professionals create a culture of respect.

2:45 pm Break

3:00 pm Diversity Trends and Developments and Member Roundtable Liz MacGillivray, Diversity Chair, Workforce Opportunity Network

Liz will provide a review of new and noteworthy research and developments, best practices
and demographic data in diversity and inclusion strategy and management, leading into a
confidential member discussion of issues of concern and questions for peers.
Topics include:
· Gender
· LGBT
· Disability
· Age and Generation
· Race and Ethnicity
· Immigration
· Socio-economic disparity and other emerging diversity issues
Roundtable topics may be sent in advance to elizabeth.macgillivray@mercer.com

4:45 pm Adjourn

5:15 pm Cocktail Hour hosted by Mercer ORC Networks
Annie Moore’s Bar & Restaurant
50 East 43rd Street (between Madison and Vanderbilt)

Please join us for informal networking and drinks!

October 19th: Compliance Day
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Welcome and Introductions
Nita Beecher, Compliance Chair, Workforce Opportunity Network

Legislative and Regulatory Update

Nita Beecher, Compliance Chair, Workforce Opportunity Network

Nita will provide members with an update on new and proposed legislation, agency activity,
and noteworthy litigation and settlements.

Topics include:
· OFCCP ANPRM for compensation
· New OFCCP scheduling letter
· Status of OFCCP proposed Section 503 regulations
· Update on EEOC expert compensation panel activity
· Update on OFCCP ALJ decisions and settlements
· EEOC Update

10:45 am Break
11:00 am What should OFCCP do if they really want to tackle compensation?
Dr. Brian Levine, Mercer

Dr. Brian Levine is an expert on compensation analysis and leads Mercer’s pay equity
practice. He will discuss with members the recent ANPRM from OFCCP and why the agency
is not asking the right questions. Dr. Levine will also tell members what they should be
looking at to ensure their compensation is appropriately paying its employees.

12:15 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Compliance Roundtable

A confidential forum for members to discuss issues of concern, share best practices and pose
questions to peers.

Please send your topics in advance to nita.beecher@mercer.com

2:30 pm Adjourn