The Employment Experience - an employment law educational tool for business owners and Human Resources professionals

Join the HR Membership Here - Workshops, Guest Speakers, HR Forms and Live Group Coaching for businesses and HR Professionals In this episode, we discuss:  Thoughts on providing vague reasons when laying off employees as a strategic move How HR can get a seat at the table How to get your entire team to drive positive work culture Top workplace missteps that drives bad culture Have a question you w...

Want Professional Development Credits for listening? Join the HR Membership. Visit here for more information. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is a new law that requires covered employers to provide "reasonable accommodations" to a worker's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an "undue hardship....

The National Labor Relations Board issued a decision on McLaren Macomb and Local 40 RN Staff Council, on February 21, 2023 concluding that severance agreements may be deemed unlawful if they broadly restrict an employee's ability to speak about the agreement or disparage their employer.  In this episode, Karly Wannos discusses  the NLRB decision, and whether businesses may need to reconsider the c...

Check out my Free Legal Workshop: Employment Law for Businesses  -   (Sign up HERE ). Did you know the word "listen" contains the exact same letters as the word "silent?" Are you truly silent when listening, and if not, how does this affect your ability to lead others in the workplace?  This week on the podcast, I had a fun and informative conversation with Miriam Meima of 2M Leaders about Stephen...

Check out my Free Legal Workshop: Employment Law for Businesses  -   (Sign up HERE ). Strategic hiring retention of top candidates are vital to mitigating risks and meeting goals. So, how can employers differentiate their talent development offerings to attract, develop, and retain the best employees? In todays business world, high-performing teams are more important than ever- that's where the us...

Check out my Free Legal Workshop: Employment Law for Businesses  -   (Sign up HERE ). Female CEOs run only 4.8% of the world's largest businesses on the Global 500. According to one study, women CEOs are slightly older than their male counterparts, in part because it takes them 30% longer than men to reach the corner office. But those who reached the top were often committed to making profound cha...

Check out my Free Legal Workshop: 4 Mistakes You Are Making That Lead to Employee Lawsuits -   (Sign up HERE ). You hire an employee and spend thousands on dollars on a training program so they can work in the specialized department at the company. Less than one year later, they quit and go to work for your competitor- taking the knowledge and skills from the expensive training the company paid fo...

Check out my Free Legal Workshop: 4 Mistakes You Are Making That Lead to Employee Lawsuits -   (Sign up HERE ). The war for talent is more competitive than ever before. How do you determine the "market rate" for workers, and how do you attract and retain a team without burning more cash than necessary? Most organizations just guess, or use a limited set of data points. Others ask their HR leaders...

Free Legal Workshop: 4 Mistakes You are Making that Expose the Company to Employee Lawsuits. Sign up Here . This week I am talking with Kevin G. Campbell, Employee Experience Scientist and a Founder of Lifted Leadership, LLC   how to acquire, develop and retain their most valuable asset: their people. In this episode, we discuss the following: [9:12]: Strength based vs deficiency based for providi...

Danielle Mulvey is a former flight attendant-turned-entrepreneur who has cracked the code on recruiting and retaining what she refers to as "5-Star Employees"- those game-changing, dedicated, hardworking people who make big plays and get really consistent results. Danielle is the Chief Curator of The ALL IN Company Community, which strategically advises other entrepreneurs on attracting and hiring...

Do you know when and how to conduct workplace investigations? Is it necessary to investigate all complaints of harassment?  My guest this week is Alana Williams. Alana is a workplace investigator and performs workplace investigations for companies- but she has a personal story to tell about how she became an investigator. Alana is a former law enforcement agent and previously experienced harassmen...

Artificial Intelligence can be used to streamline the various processes used in the recruiting and hiring process. There are many benefits including a reduction of time for all parties involved, as well as a decrease in expense, greater efficiency and overall standardization of the hiring process. However, there is a concern that the information inputted into the system may have the opposite of th...

Learn How Design Thinking Can Help Solve Complex HR Challenges in a creative and innovative method. In this episode, we discuss: 1. Solving HR Challenges with Design Thinking Methodology; 2. Using Design Thinking for Strategic Business Purposes; 3. Implementing Game changing Technology to Save your Sanity and Accomplish More Tasks in Less Time; If you enjoyed this episode, follow me on social medi...

I have litigated many employment lawsuits over the years and can typically pin point the reason why the employee decided to sue the employer, rather than just moving on. Here are the top reasons why: 1. The employee was terminated but wasn't aware he was doing a bad job at work. 2.  Employee didn't know why he was fired 3.  Employer gave a negative reference to the new prospective employer 4. Othe...

When hiring employees, "you have to remember- you are hiring human beings first, and then hiring human- doings." My guest this week is the founder of Hiring and Empowering, LLC where she consults with companies on employee Leadership, Executive-Level Leadership. In this episode, we discuss the following: (1) The risk employers face when they say "you should be lucky to have a job" are over. (2)  T...

There are approximately 60 million full time workers in the US who have the ability to work remotely. 30% of those workers report that they NEVER want to return to in person work again. Allowing employees to work remotely has so many benefits, but how can a company effectively engage remote workers so they don't get "overlooked" online.  My guest this week is Tom Ziglar, CEO of Ziglar, Inc. an exe...

In this episode, we will discuss termination of employees. Employees my be hired with the best intentions for the work relationship to work out. However, sometimes the relationship breaks down, and the employer and employee need to part ways. If the employer determines it must fire an employee, can it give a vague reason, such as "its not working out" or does the employer need to give the reason f...

Want to scale your business by hiring employees? Need to hire based on a vacant position in your business? In this episode, I am going to walk you through the entire hiring process (from start to finish). This is an HR function, and is also an employment law function as well, as there are many times companies unknowingly take certain actions that end them in legal trouble. We will also discuss the...

Ginger Johnson is a Human Connectivity Expert  and believes everything in life is powered by connection. Ginger belies that teams best work will happen when then feel connected. She challenges you to name any outcome you want- whether it be growth, resilience, exceptional customer service, deeper engagement or productivity, and she will show you how that outcome is powered by human connection.  If...

The onboarding process is very important for several reasons. First, it's one of the first impressions the company will make on the new hire.  The systems, processes, how he/she is introduced to the day to day of what he/she will be doing. If the first impression is chaos, confusion, overwhelm, this is how the employee will perceive that the entire company is run. In comparison, if the employee is...

After the interview, the offer letter is potentially the next major interaction a prospective employee may have with your business. Offer letters are important for legal purposes and to prevent litigation. Many states have at-will employment, so there may not necessarily be a contract at the time of hire. However, for at will employment states, there should be an offer letter.  In this podcast epi...

What is a Chief Happiness Officer and does your company need one immediately!? The answer is most likely YES! My guest his week is Tia Graham, Chief Happiness Officer of Arrive at Happy, where she teaches companies how to be a happy leader. In this episode, we discuss (1) What is a Chief Happiness Officer and how to create a sustainable organization [at 2:00] (2) How to get employees to stay at yo...

What do businesses needs to look out for in terms of employment laws in 2022? In this episode, we are discussing the top employment law areas for 2022. There were a lot of changes with the pandemic, whether employers had to require certain protective measures, allow employees to work from home or require vaccines. Even though compliance with employment issues surrounding the pandemic is important,...

Cannabis is currently illegal at the federal level, but over half the states have a comprehensive medical marijuana program and others allow for recreational use (as of the date of this recording.) Due to the constant change of the law in this area, employers have many unanswered questions about what is and is not permitted relative to cannabis in the workplace.  My guest this week is Rachael Arda...

My guest, Roberta Matuson, explains the importance of having difficult conversations at work and the best way to address conflict to reach a mutually agreeable resolution. Roberta Matuson helps leaders in Fortune 500 companies and small to medium size businesses achieve dramatic growth and market leadership through the maximization of talent. Through her consulting company, Matuson Consulting, Rob...