Meeting/Event Information

Family-Friendly Workplaces: Best Practices & Strategies to Build Business & Family Resilience

Employers want to attract and retain the best employees, and we are facing a talent shortage.  Family Forward NC can help!  It is an initiative of the NC Early Childhood Foundation to engage employers to incorporate research-based, family-friendly policies that improve recruitment, retention, productivity, support children’s healthy development and help North Carolina’s business climate remain competitive.

Speaker: Rosa Sorto Brown- Employer Relations Specialist, The NC Early Childhood Foundation
Rosa Sorto Brown brings private sector experience in community engagement, business development, and equity-centered work. She is driven by passion for community well-being and creating opportunities that strengthen the workforce and communities. At NCECF, Rosa supports the expansion of Family Forward NC® where she partners with employers and community leaders to advance family-friendly workplace practices that support business goals and help children and families thrive.

WNCHRA conducts a monthly chapter meeting on the second Wednesday of each month.  Meetings are typically a breakfast meeting but may vary in time to include lunch and afternoon meetings.  

Each meeting members are provided chapter, NCSHRM and SHRM updates in addition to programming that provides SHRM and HRCI credit.