This presentation is designed to provide HR professionals practical guidance on how HR departments can (and do!) add real value to their organization by directly impacting the bottom line. 

The discussion will include preventive measures to help your organization avoid costly and unforeseen expenditures, suggestions for HR investments that pay dividends over time, and real life examples of ways that a savvy, bottom-line approach to HR is consistent with, promotes, and facilitates the business goals of the organization. Participants will leave with concrete tips for bringing their HR functions to the next level and suggestions and examples to use in dialoguing with other partners at the table.

Deidra A. Nguyen advises employers of all types and sizes regarding various employment and personnel issues and claims, including non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, wage and overtime, unemployment, discrimination and harassment, and disability and accommodation.  She helps clients stay current and compliant with an ever-changing legal landscape by drafting and revising employee handbooks, policies, and employment agreements. As part of her employment litigation work, Deidra has represented clients in matters under investigation by the United States Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Washington State Human Rights Commission, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries, and
various other state and federal employment agencies. Deidra is a graduate of the 2011 Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber Leadership Program. Before going into private practice, she clerked for the Honorable Robert J. Bryan and the Honorable Benjamin H. Settle of the United States District Court, Western District of Washington at Tacoma.