HR Stories Podcast - A Lesson in Every Story!

Send us Fan Mail Beth Faragher was a 19 year old college student Lifeguard for the City of Boca Raton in Florida. But after years of constant sexual harassment by her male supervisors, she quit, filed a lawsuit, got heard by the US Supreme Court, and changed everything for companies across the United States.  Companies and organization today conduct sexual harassment training and education based o...

Send us Fan Mail In December 2020 an audio leaked with actor Tom Cruise yelling and screaming at his production crew because of their lack of following COVID-19 protocols. What makes this different is that Tom Cruise was not only an actor on set....he was technically their employer. As Executive Producer, this was his project and they were his employees. Chuck and John explore this situation, list...

Send us Fan Mail It should be one of your happiest moments when the doctor tells you you are pregnant. And for Rosario Juarez, it was, yet she was afraid of how she would be treated at work. And for a good reason, the New York Times reported that over the last decade, tens of thousands of pregnancy discrimination cases have been filed. In this story, we learn what happens when Ms. Juarez tells her...

Send us Fan Mail Ask any of your employees; co-workers matter. What they do? How they treat you? And what they say? In this episode's story, we learn how Ingrid Reeves's male co-workers created a hostile work environment through the language they used and their lack of concern about how their actions might impact her.  WARNING!!: Language that would make your Mom blush....seriously, not...

Send us Fan Mail We all have to attend meetings, but what if you couldn’t understand what is said.  For the deaf community in the United States, this can be a daily occurrence.  In this episode, we tell the story of Mauricio Centeno and UPS Supply Chain Solutions and how all he wanted was to be treated equally.  Under the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act require employers to provide indiv...

Send us Fan Mail An applicant walks in....you want to hire him...he has a beard...you say he has to shave it...he says no, because of his religion. What happens now? Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on religion. This includes refusing to accommodate an employee's sincerely held religious beliefs or practices. Understanding what that means and...

Send us Fan Mail Organizations spend thousands of dollars hiring the best candidate only to lose them on the first day. In the Story of The Lost Employee, a new employee finds it hard to navigate his first day at a new job. John and Chuck discuss best practices for onboarding new employees and the differences small changes can make to engage your employee from day one. Support the show Our new boo...

Send us Fan Mail Are you sure you are paying your employees correctly? In this week’s story, The Accidental Wage Thief Steals Cook Pay , we hear how misunderstanding the FLSA can cause big trouble for your organization. John Thalheimer and Chuck Simikian discuss how organizations can protect themselves against accidental wage theft by better understanding the difference between exempt and non-exem...

Send us Fan Mail Job Postings, Discrimination, and EEOC - oh my! What happens when a media company decides to forgo their own job posting, ignore a qualified applicant, and hire a younger applicant....with way less experience? Listen in on this weeks tale of woe from within the files of the EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Don't make the same mistake this company did. If you ne...