3 Steps To Kickstart Your 2020 Learning & Development Plan

Organizations are no longer asking “Should we employ a plan?” The question has shifted. Instead, they ask, “How do we implement a plan that will help us reach our goals?”
If you want to get started, but the idea of it leaves you overwhelmed, try these 3 low-risk, high-impact steps to jumpstart your plan

Has Your Leadership Evolved from Enforcement to Encouragement?

In todays’ world we can no longer ‘boss’ people around; HR professionals should be empathetic, respectful, polite, and professional at all times. That being said, someone still needs to be the boss and keep the ship sailing in the proper direction. The problem lies in what is known as the ‘Poof promotion program’. Someone gets promoted or leaves, and a company needs a manager so they look around at the employees in the department. The best worker, or the one who is consistent and comes to work all the time is the one promoted with a parting volley of “Good luck, call me if you have any questions!”

ADA Complaint Fails Due to Employee’s SSDI Claim

Call it a case of an employee not having it both ways. Specifically, an employee could not, on the one hand, seek Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) benefits; claiming she was totally disabled and later file a disability discrimination case against her employer for failing to reasonably accommodate her.