Municipal HR Best Practices

Participants must attend both 3-hour sessions to earn a course certificate.

PLEASE NOTE: This course is interactive to give you the best learning experience possible. It will be conducted via Zoom. You will need to be able to: Raise your hand, mute/unmute, use chat.

Description:

Our employees are our most valued asset and most important strength. Managing human capital is just as important as managing financial capital and therefore should be given the same priority (if not more).

Today local government professionals are being asked to do more with less, wearing many hats like the municipal manager, municipal secretary, Finance and HR, etc. Whether you are a new HR professional to municipal management or perform HR responsibilities in a non-typical HR role this is the ideal session for you.

This practical, interactive course equips you with essential HR skills and knowledge, covering best practices from transactional tasks to transformational strategies. You will learn to manage core HR responsibilities using ready-to-use tools such as checklists, templates, job descriptions, performance evaluations, employee handbooks, and policies. Beyond the basics, the course emphasizes the importance of employee engagement and a positive organizational culture. You will explore how to foster a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace—one that encourages open, ongoing communication grounded in fairness, compassion, civility, accountability, and mutual trust.

These topics offer an overview of human resources management in local government, focusing on leadership and guidance to foster creativity and innovation. Through effective programs, policies, and practices, they promote performance excellence, diversity, equity, inclusion, quality outcomes, and legal compliance. The goal is to cultivate a workplace where employees are agile, resilient, and empowered to face challenges, feel a sense of belonging, and express their authentic selves.

Audience:  Municipal supervisory and management staff, HR Professionals, as well as elected and appointed officials

Topics:

• Employee relations
• Recruitment and retention strategies
• Performance management
• Compliance with employment law
• Disciplinary actions, documentation, and appeals
• Proactive measures to prevent issues

At the end of this course, participants can expect to be able to:

• Build and maintain positive relationships between your municipality and its employees
• Attract and hire qualified candidates, as well as list strategies to retain top talent
• Describe the elements of a performance management system
• Locate resources to ensure that all HR practices adhere to local, state, and federal employment laws
• List the procedures for addressing employee misconduct or performance issues.
• Recognize the importance of developing and implementing policies and practices to prevent HR-related problems before they arise

By registering for this course, you are authorizing the League Learning Academy to forward information to you at your email address related to educational offerings.

Once your registration is completed, you should receive a confirmation email from The PA Municipal League. Please review when received. If you do not receive an email, it may be in your spam folder.

CANCELLATION & NO-SHOW POLICY:
Cancellation must be received in writing to lla@pml.org within 72 hours prior to a class to be considered for a full refund.

If cancellation is received after the 72-hour window, a processing fee will be applied for a portion of the refund.

Those who do not cancel or attend forfeit the full registration fee.