Class Schedule: Non-Credit

Center for Business & Industry
at Virginia Highlands Community College
PO Box 828, Abingdon, VA  24212-0828
Phone: (276) 739-2430  |  Fax: 276.739.2590

 

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Non-Credit Registration Information

To register for a non-credit class, complete the registration form, enclose your payment, and return to the CBI at least five days prior to the first class meeting. Registrations are processed on a first come, first served basis upon receipt of payment.

Cancellations
The College reserves the right to cancel any course that does not have sufficient enrollment. The decision is usually made two days prior to the first scheduled class meeting and all registrants will be notified promptly. A full refund is processed automatically. To help prevent cancellations, please register at least five days before a course is scheduled to begin.

Senior Citizens
In non-credit classes, senior citizens (60 years of age or above) may register in a non-credit course, tuition free, on a space available basis. In the case of a class that has insufficient paying enrollment, all senior citizens will be required to pay the full tuition for the class.

Refund Policy
In non-credit classes, full refunds will be given if a course is cancelled or if a student withdraws three days prior to the course. In order to receive a refund, request can be made in writing, by phone (276-739-2430), or in person.

 

Non-Credit Tuition Rates
Non-credit prices are listed beside each course and are for one class participant. They do not include course materials charges or supplies which vary with each class.

 



                                                                           Spring 2008
Human Resources Management

Human Resource Certificate Review- Sat, February 16-April 19 Cost: $1150 CEU’s: 2.75

The PHR/SPHR Exam Review will prepare the HR professional to sit for either the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) exam.  All SHRM materials are provided (a $595 value). 

66428         BUSC-1599-90            8:30 AM-11:30 PM   TBA        Pendergast

Employee Benefits Management - Tuesday, March 18 Cost: $59 CEU’s: .35

Class scope will include two important strategies in today’s Human Resources climate:  to manage employee benefits that assist recruitment and retention and look at some approaches to employee benefits cost containment that will produce effective results without driving employees into the arms of competitors.

66419         BUSC-1092-90            8:30 AM-12:30 PM   TBA        Pendergast

Effective Documentation - Tuesday, March 25 Cost: $59 CEU’s: .35

This class will explore the entire gamut of documentation related to employment including but not limited to hiring, termination, attendance, benefits, workers compensation and employee relations.  How, what, when and why we document can have a direct effect upon the ability of the business to succeed. 

61550         BUSC-1068-90            8:30 AM-12:30 PM   GRHL          CBI Staff

Legal Issues for Human Resources- Tuesday, April 8 Cost: $59 CEU’s: .35

Managers with a special emphasis on those that impact managers on a daily basis (i.e. Fair Labor Standards Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Equal Pay Act, etc.); special emphasis on FMLA, harassment, and USERRA, and special HR administration issues.

66426         BUSC-1078-90            8:30 AM-12:30 PM   TBA        Pendergast, J

Immigrant Worker Strategies- Tuesday, April 1Cost: $59 CEU’s: .35

This seminar will examine the minefield of employing immigrant workers in this extraordinarily sensitive time.  Will review statutory requirements of hiring immigrant workers, including newly implemented regulations; try to anticipate where the country and the law are likely to go in the new future regarding the question of immigrant workers; facilitate a discussion of strategies—the one’s that work and the one’s that don’t work.

66420         BUSC-1093-90            8:30 AM-12:30 PM   TBA        Pendergast, J

 

 

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