BIZKEYS, LLC (bizkeys.com) provides a comprehensive guide to information and resources formatted into easily accessed data, documents, and actionable processes within the scope of labor and employment issues. It is designed to assist business in coping with government laws, regulations, statutes, and general employment related issues threatening their business.
BIZKEYS FEATURES
BizKeys features an A to Z reference section with information on more than 2,000 human resources and employment related topics. The site provides quick and easy access to employment statistics on both national and state levels, as well as a Resource Library that addresses topics such as: government news releases; current HR-related legislation and 3,500 business forms available to print and use. The Design Shop offers more than 100 sample policies that can be edited to match your company requirements. The Design Shop includes tools to help you write job descriptions, as well as design an employee handbook and an affirmative action plan. There’s also a discussion board for communicating with peer group members. A Hiring Center (coming soon!) will help you hire and screen job applicants online. News, alerts, surveys, and current employment numbers are all included on the homepage.
BIZKEYS, LLC was founded by Jack Hobbs on September 16, 2009 and bizkeys.com was launched on April 19, 2010 with the ongoing help and involvement of Bill Trumpeter, and Glynn Hodges.
Jack Hobbs
Jack Hobbs spent more than 35 years as a human resource director and owner of a multi-state staffing company. As a human resources professional, his labor and employment experience includes: involvement in arbitration hearings over the placement of temporary employees in a unionized facility; litigation of Workers’ Compensation cases; EEOC litigation; immigration compliance; unfair labor practice charges during a work stoppage; affirmative action plan development and maintenance; controlling labor cost and regulatory compliance in employment and maintaining a union free environment.
He received a B.A. degree in psychology from David Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. He is an accredited human resources professional.
A Vietnam veteran, he received a Bronze Star for meritorious service while serving as a Marine Corp Lieutenant during active duty in Vietnam.
Bill Trumpeter
Bill Trumpeter is a labor attorney whose practice focuses on traditional labor law, equal employment opportunity litigation, and FLSA matters. He represents national, regional, and local clients in union avoidance, negotiations, arbitration, and mediation. He has successfully represented a national restaurant chain in a class-type FLSA case, as well as hundreds of labor arbitration cases, covering a variety of issues. He also provides training for clients wishing to be proactive in avoiding legal problems before they arise.
Bill received his J.D. at the University of Toledo and B.A. from Wittenberg University. He has Bar Admissions in Georgia, Ohio, and Tennessee.
Bill has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment Law since 1993. He is also listed in the 2007 Super Lawyers for Tennessee and has been listed in Best Lawyers in Georgia and Mid-South Super Lawyers.
Glynn Hodges
Glynn Hodges brings 26 years of experience in human resources and employment law to BizKeys. In addition to working for Westinghouse Electric Corporation as a sales and marketing executive for 14 years, he owned an executive search firm and a staffing service, with offices in Chattanooga and Cleveland, Tennessee.
Glynn has a passion for risk management and is responsible for two Workers’ Compensation fraud convictions, one of which was the first conviction in the State of Tennessee under a 1993 Tennessee Workers’ Compensation fraud law.
He received a B.A. degree in journalism from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.
He served on the board of the Tennessee Staffing Association for many years and served as their President for one year. He has been an active member of the American Staffing Association, the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce, the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, The Cleveland Safety Council and the Tennessee Business Roundtable.