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Please join us in-person for CAGC's annual Spring Summit! 

Chicagoland AGC operates its Safety Award program to recognize General and Specialty contractors for outstanding safety performance. We look forward to honoring this year’s recipients at the Spring Summit on May 18th.

The luncheon will culminate in a keynote presentation by member firm Segal in light of the changed workplace. Employers traditionally offered a “social contract” to employees that required them to give up certain freedoms in exchange for something of value.  Originally, employees agreed to work in exchange for wages, but expectations evolved to also include minimum wages, safety standards, employee benefits and other employment protections.  As each generation of workers enters the labor force, and as technology continues to advance, the evolution of the employer-employee social contract continues to evolve.

Workers in High Demand Are Now Calling the Shots...over the past two years, much of the conversation about the changing social contract has focused on wages, social protections and supports. Workers with skills in high demand are asking potential employers for more of what is meaningful to them — namely, higher wages, more flexibility, childcare support, robust health and retirement programs and clearly defined career paths. They are also seeking jobs with empathetic leadership and an inclusive culture that creates a sense of belonging.  Those who don’t find what they seek at work are choosing to look elsewhere.

What Can Employers Do? During this presentation, we will consider the causes of the labor shortage and explore the following key questions that contractors should consider as they compete in the current labor market:

• What would it take to get our best employees to stay?
• What makes our organization appealing?
• Do our job requirements make sense?

There will be time for questions and dialogue after the presentation so that CAGC members can hear about workplace challenges that others are facing as well as any potential creative solutions that others have initiated.

Presenters:  

Sharon Hidalgo, Segal Vice President of New Client Acquisitions  -  Ms. Hidalgo is responsible for business development, supporting Segal's Corporate market. She has nearly 20 years of experience as a successful business developer in the professional services industry, selling employee benefits and HR work. Prior to joining Segal, Sharon was a client development director for the west at Buck, where she developed a new business pipeline. She also led prospect and client events that had a high participation rate and generated new revenue opportunities. Ms. Hidalgo’s oversight of business development initiatives included RFP responses.

Sal DiFonzo, CCP, CBP, CSCP, Segal Vice President of Compensation & Career Strategies Practice  -  Mr. DiFonzo has more than 20 years of experience in compensation assessment, design and implementation. Areas of expertise include compensation strategy, broad-based incentive compensation, executive compensation and sales compensation. Mr. DiFonzo specializes in incentive compensation design and assists organizations with converting from wholly discretionary programs to structured incentive programs. His work also includes assisting organizational leaders with ownership transition/management succession through the creation of long-term incentive programs.  Sal leads Segal’s Built Environment industry vertical. He also assists clients in other sectors, including higher education, not for profit, high technology, pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, manufacturing, telecommunications, aerospace, financial services and banking.