(Press Release) — SHRM CNMI Chapter will host a general membership meeting in the Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Saipan on Thursday, June 23, starting at 12 noon. Doors will open at 11:15 a.m.
Jacqueline A. Nicolas, administrative hearing officer at the CNMI Department of Labor, will be discussing applicable CNMI DOL regulations, as it applies to administrative cases and hearings for labor and compliance agency cases.
For the SHRM meeting, the following fees apply:
$25 for members
$35 for non-members
To register, sign up at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYD_Ui6A-AVXm3agN7Rh-ESv7a9-9q2Kv6Ra-WsvtepVCa3A/viewform
This meeting will include lunch. Seating is limited and by submitting this form you are confirming your attendance on June 23, 2022 at 12P p.m. to 2 p.m.
One person per one entry. One representative may submit multiple entries for each participant under their company.
About the guest speaker
Jacqueline A. Nicolas first moved to the CNMI in 2015, when she clerked for Superior Court Judge Teresa K. Kim Tenorio. During her clerkship, Nicolas contributed to the creation of the CNMI’s first local drug court program.
At the end of 2017, she was sworn into the CNMI Bar and joined the Civil Division of the CNMI Office of the Attorney General, where she represented agencies, such as the Department of Labor, the Marianas Visitors Authority, and the Procurement and Supply Division of the Department of Finance.
In 2019, she became the Department of Labor’s administrative hearing officer.
As the administrative hearing officer, Nicolas presides over labor cases, compliance agency cases, denial cases, and more recently, appeals of agency determinations regarding Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Disaster Unemployment Assistance appeals.
In her dual role as the director for DOL’s Hearing Office, she has been instrumental in modernizing forms and filing, publishing orders in the Commonwealth Register, and creating efficiency in hearing operations.
About SHRM
The Society for Human Resource Management is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management. The Society serves the needs of HR professionals and advances the interests of the HR profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM has more than 250,000 members in over 140 countries, and more than 575 affiliated chapters.
The CNMI Chapter is affiliated with the national organization.
