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Earn a Certificate PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES
 
     
 

Total Rewards Specialist Certificate image.Total Rewards Specialist Certificate




Total rewards include all of the tools that attract, motivate, and retain employees. These elements are both monetary and non-monetary, and are intended to reward employees’ time, talents, and efforts to help achieve business results. The Total Rewards Specialist Certificate offers business leaders, human resources professionals, and reward plan designers a framework for assessing the effectiveness of their existing plans, and a process for designing, implementing, and assessing the efficiency of new reward strategies.

Intended Audience

  • Human resource professionals who want to focus on their employee compensation and benefits skills as part of the total rewards concept and take their career to the next level
  • Elective component of the Human Resource Mastery Certificate

Benefits of this certificate

  • Gain expertise in a specific area of interest
  • Demonstrate knowledge in compensation and benefits administration strategies
  • Receive tangible recognition for your achievement
  • Improved ability to incorporate Total Rewards practices with organizational goals
  • Earn Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) re-certification credits

To complete this certificate program, you will take one 12-hour course and three 6-hour courses listed below. The courses may be taken in any order, but must be completed within one year of your first course. Look for the TRC code which designates courses that apply to the Total Rewards Specialist Certificate program.

Total Rewards Specialist Certificate Courses

30 contact hours / 3.0 CEUs

Courses CEUs   Month(s) Offered
ADA, FMLA, and Worker’s Compensation: An In-Depth Analysis (6 hours)  0.6  Jun
Administering COBRA, HIPAA, and ERISA (6 hours)  0.6  Apr

Consumer Driven Benefit Options: FSAs, HSAs, & HRAs (6 hours)

 0.6  May

Creating a Total Rewards Strategy (6 hours)

 0.6  Mar

Employee Compensation: Strategies and Practices (12 hours)

 1.2  Feb/Aug

Retirement Benefit Practices and Strategies (6 hours)

 0.6  Jan

Unemployment Insurance and Worker’s Compensation (6 hours)

 0.6  July

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Certificate Enrollment Information
Enroll in the Total Rewards Specialist Certificate program now or call us at 612-624-4000 to speak to an Information Center Learner Representative. There is a one-time $35 enrollment fee to enroll in the certificate program. Individuals enrolled in a certificate program are entitled to a $20 discount off course fees.

Additional Information
For more information on this or any other certificate program please contact the College of Continuing Education Information Center:
Phone: 612-624-4000
E-mail: infocce@umn.edu


 
   
 
 
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