All districts should have posted a supplemental notice dealing with the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) alongside their federal worksite poster by now. New posting requirements for GINA and revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are included in the EEOC supplemental notice. The notice can be downloaded from the EEOC Web Site 
free of charge. Adding the free supplement alongside your posters will keep you in compliance with the law until new posters are available.
HR Services is waiting until fall to update our federal worksite poster because more posting changes are expected relating to family military leave. The model vacancy notices and applications in the Recruiting and Hiring section of the HR Library are now updated to include GINA in the Equal Employment Opportunity Statement.
Due to overflow registration at our first event, we have added another training date for Get a Grip on Family and Medical Leave. The additional workshop will be held in Austin at TASB on June 2, the day prior to our M.I.A. – Managing Inevitable Absences workshop. Administrators can register online. Call 800-580-7782 if you have questions.
’Tis the season to compare salaries and make recommendations for pay raise budgets. DataCentral has up-to-date survey data that makes your task quick and easy. Be aware that access to DataCentral requires a different password than myTASB access. Our member contacts have been provided with the district username and password. If you’ve forgotten your login information or don’t know who your DataCentral contact is, call us at 800-580-7782.
All district members can access the Extra-Duty Stipend Report in our HR Library (myTASB login required).
Members of our HR Advisory Committee, composed of chief human resource officers in several large districts around the state, met at TASB on Feb. 26. The committee met to review a progress report on DataCentral HR Surveys and to identify and brainstorm new survey topics on HR policies and practices. The committee meets twice a year to advise us on their current needs and interests and guide us in HR survey development.
Our two workshops on Staffing Controls for Public Schools taught by Richard Lane were both sold out this year. Two more workshops will be held on Nov. 17, 2010, and Jan. 11, 2011, at TASB. Mark your calendar now if you want to attend. Online registration will be available soon.
