HR Learning Podcast

By Heidi Macomber MBA SHRM-CP

News & Politics Education Business Government & Organizations Training Business News National

What's HR Learning Podcast about?

Federal and State Employee Legislation, SHRM Certification prep, a personal learning project.

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HR Learning Podcast episodes:

11.05.2020
Nov 5th E-Verify Tentative Nonconfirmation notices begin
Join me as I share some notes on the Everify Tentative Nonconfirmation responsibilities and deadlines for employers … More Nov 5th E-Verify Tentative Nonconfirmation notices begin
10.24.2020
Lockheed Martin Failed to Reasonably Accommodate Employee with Disability
Heidi Macomber reads the 4/23/20 EEOC Chicago District Office new bulletin re IDEC Corp to Pay $275K to settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit … More Lockheed Martin Failed to Reasonably Accommodate Employee with Disability
10.17.2020
Headhunters Took Ex-Employee to Court for Filing With EEOC
Join me as I read the 10/15/20 Press Release form the EEOC re - Boise Recruiter Sued by EEOC For Retaliation … More Headhunters Took Ex-Employee to Court for Filing With EEOC
10.14.2020
Egg Producer Allowed Supervisor to Sexually Harass Female Employee, Then Retaliated Against Her When She Complained
Join me as I read a Detroit Field Office EEOC press release dated 10/14/20 regarding an Egg producer that allowed a supervisor to sexually harass a female employee and who retaliated against her when she complained to the EEOC …...
10.14.2020
EEOC Issues Final Rule Revising Procedural Regulations Under Title VII, ADA, and GINA
Join me as I read the 10/14/20 EEOC final rule new release regarding procedural regulations for charges of employment discrimination … More EEOC Issues Final Rule Revising Procedural Regulations Under Title VII, ADA, and GINA
10.13.2020
Owner Subjected Female Employee to Egregious Abuse, Including Sexual Assault, Forcing Her to Quit
Join me as I read a 10/13/20 press release from the Louisville Area EEOC office regarding a Korean Restaurant Group owner/chef who sexually assaulted a female employee, forcing her to quit. … More Owner Subjected Female Employee to Egregious Abuse,...
08.19.2020
Form I-9 Announcement
HEIDI MACOMBER READS THE 8/18/20 WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT RE DHS Extends Form I-9 Requirement Flexibility … More Form I-9 Announcement
07.25.2020
Airline Refused to Accommodate Buddhist Pilot’s Religious Beliefs
7/20/20 EEOC NEWS BULLETIN - REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION BASED ON RELIGION … More Airline Refused to Accommodate Buddhist Pilot’s Religious Beliefs
07.25.2020
The Jobs of Management
I'm reading some Drucker today as I ponder NPS and eNPS and the role of direct management as part of the equation. Join me. … More The Jobs of Management
07.14.2020
Woodlands Psychiatry and Counseling Fired Licensed Counselor for Filing an EEOC Charge
Join me as I read a Houston EEOC news bulletin dated 7/13/20, this one is simply about firing an employee because they filed a charge with the EEOC. … More Woodlands Psychiatry and Counseling Fired Licensed Counselor for Filing an...
07.13.2020
Traffic Reporter Denied Hire Based on Preference for Younger Women
Join me as I read the 7/13/20 EEOC news bulletin - CBS Broadcast Affiliate in Texas to Pay $215,000 to Settle EEOC Age Suit for Female Reporter … More Traffic Reporter Denied Hire Based on Preference for Younger Women
05.04.2020
Call Center Fired Temporary Employees Because They Were Pregnant
Join me as I read the 5/4/20 Phoenix District EEOC office news bulletin regarding a call center sued by the EEOC for allegedly firing temporary employees who were pregnant along with the staffing agency who placed them that also failed...
05.04.2020
COVID-19 Temporary Policy for List B Identity Documents
Join me as I read the DHS news update 5/1/2020 re COVID-19 Temporary Policy for List B Identity Documents … More COVID-19 Temporary Policy for List B Identity Documents
05.03.2020
Naked Statistics, Intro and Chapter 1, Whats the Point by Charles Wheelan
Join me as I read the Introduction and Chapter 1 What's the Point of Naked Statistics by Charles Wheelan. … More Naked Statistics, Intro and Chapter 1, Whats the Point by Charles Wheelan
05.01.2020
Certain H-2A Non-immigrants Permitted to Start Work
Join me as I read a 5/1/2020 DHS/USCIS news update re permission for certain H-2A nonimmigrants to start work … More Certain H-2A Non-immigrants Permitted to Start Work
04.29.2020
Oklahoma Drilling Contractor Refused to Hire Older Rig Hands and Fired Employee Because of Disability After Conducting an Unlawful Medical Exam
Join me as I read the St Louis EEOC District Office news bulletin re HORIZONTAL WELL DRILLERS TO PAY $650,000 TO SETTLE EEOC AGE AND DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT … More Oklahoma Drilling Contractor Refused to Hire Older Rig Hands and Fired...
04.29.2020
Hard Optimism – Practice 2 through 4, Price Pritchett
Reading Parts 2 through 4 from the book, Hard Optimism by Price Pritchett. Practice 2 - Assess Your Current Level of Optimism. Practice 3 - Develop the explanatory style of an optimist. Practice 4 - Eliminate the explanatory style...
04.25.2020
Baltimore County Will Pay $5.4 Million to Settle Long-Running EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Join me as I read the 4/24/20 Baltimore Field Office news bulletin regarding the longest standing lawsuit on the EEOC docket which started in 2007. This suit is about a federal age discrimination lawsuit with Baltimore County over employee pension...
04.24.2020
Hard Optimism – Intro and Practice 1. Control the life-shaping power of your thoughts and attitudes
Join me as I read the Introduction and Practice 1, Control the life-shaping power of your thoughts and attitudes from the book, Hard Optimism by Price Pritchett. … More Hard Optimism – Intro and Practice 1. Control the life-shaping power...
04.24.2020
IDEC CORPORATION TO PAY $275,000 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
Heidi Macomber reads the 4/23/20 EEOC Chicago District Office new bulletin re IDEC Corp to Pay $275K to settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit … More IDEC CORPORATION TO PAY $275,000 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
04.23.2020
TUCSON, ARIZONA, COMPANY TO PAY BACK WAGES AFTER DENYING PAID SICK LEAVE TO WORKER WHOSE DOCTOR ORDERED CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE
Heidi Macomber reads the 4/23/20 DOL WHD news bulletin re U.S. DOL News - Tucson Settlement -Families First Coronavirus Response Act … More TUCSON, ARIZONA, COMPANY TO PAY BACK WAGES AFTER DENYING PAID SICK LEAVE TO WORKER WHOSE DOCTOR ORDERED...
04.23.2020
EEOC TO HOLD FIRST-EVER REMOTE PUBLIC MEETING ON APRIL 29
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC 4/23/20 immediate release news bulletin regarding First Ever Remote Public EEOC Commission meeting scheduled for 4/29/2020 … More EEOC TO HOLD FIRST-EVER REMOTE PUBLIC MEETING ON APRIL 29
04.10.2020
Employee Was Harassed and Forced to Quit Because of Intolerable Working Conditions, Federal Agency Charges
Heidi Macomber reads the 4/9/20 EEOC news bulletin, EEOC SUES RETAILER OF LUXURY CRYSTAL PRODUCTS FOR RACE AND DISABILITY HARASSMENT … More Employee Was Harassed and Forced to Quit Because of Intolerable Working Conditions, Federal Agency Charges
04.10.2020
Filipino Employees Subjected to Retaliation -Alleged National Origin Discrimination
Heidi Macomber reads the 4/9/20 EEOC bulletin: Sunridge Nurseries, Inc., a grower in the grapevine nursery stock industry, has agreed to pay $237,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Sunridge allegedly failed to...
04.09.2020
Chapter 7, Portals Into the Unmanifested
Join me as I read Chapter 7, Portals Into the Unmanifested from the book The Power if Now by Eckhart Tolle. … More Chapter 7, Portals Into the Unmanifested
04.02.2020
Chapter 6 The Inner Body, The Power of Now
Heidi Macomber reads Chapter 6, The Inner Body from the book, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle … More Chapter 6 The Inner Body, The Power of Now
04.02.2020
U.S. Department Of Labor Announces New Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Implementation
Heidi Macomber reads a 4/1/2020 US DOL WHD announcement of new Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act, both part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) … More U.S. Department Of Labor Announces...
04.01.2020
What You Should Know about the Publication of EEO-1 30-Day Notice
HEIDI MACOMBER READS WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE PUBLICATION OF EEO-1 30-DAY NOTICE … More What You Should Know about the Publication of EEO-1 30-Day Notice
04.01.2020
EEOC SUES TELLURIDE EXPRESS FOR AGE DISCRIMINATION
Heidi Macomber reads a 4/1/2020 EEOC bulletin re: EEOC SUES TELLURIDE EXPRESS FOR AGE DISCRIMINATION. PER THE EEOC, TELLURIDE EXPRESS Refused to Hire Driver Because of His Age, Federal Agency Charges … More EEOC SUES TELLURIDE EXPRESS FOR AGE DISCRIMINATION
04.01.2020
EEOC SUES BLUE SKY VISION FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
Heidi Macomber reads the 4/1/2020 bulletin re: EEOC Sues Blue Sky Vision for Disability Discrimination. Employer's Unlawful Inquiry and Termination of Employee Violated the ADA according to the EEOC. … More EEOC SUES BLUE SKY VISION FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
03.21.2020
Chapter 1, The Role of Management, The Practice of Management by Drucker
Heidi Macomber reads the Preface and Chapter 1, The Role of Management, from the book The Practice of Management by Peter F. Drucker … More Chapter 1, The Role of Management, The Practice of Management by Drucker
03.20.2020
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CITES DOLLAR TREE STORE FOR TRIP AND FALL HAZARDS AT ALABAMA LOCATION
Heidi Macomber short read - 3/20/20 US DOL cites Dollar Tree Store for $106,029 repeat Trip and Fall OSHA Violation . … More U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CITES DOLLAR TREE STORE FOR TRIP AND FALL HAZARDS AT ALABAMA LOCATION
03.19.2020
What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19
Heidi Macomber reads the 3/18/20 EEOC bulletin re What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19 … More What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19
02.14.2020
Developing Managers – Peter Drucker
Join me as I read chapter 15, Developing Managers in Peter Drucker's book, The Practice of Management. This book was published in 1993, I have some ?s, They are at the bottom of the page on this post. Thanks...
02.13.2020
SELECT STAFFING TO PAY $199,500 TO SETTLE EEOC SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT
Heidi Macomber reads today's EEOC news bulletin regarding another sexual harassment lawsuit, this time involving Select Staffing and the Albuquerque Police Department. Select Staffing will pay $199.5K to settle the sexual harassment suit. Sexual harassment is a violation of the...
02.13.2020
Hat World to Pay $33,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit
Heidi Macomber reads a 2/11/20 EEOC bulletin where a Lids Retailer fired a store manager who reported sexual harassment and filed a charge with the EEOC. Hat World, Inc. d/b/a Lids, et al will pay for $33K to settle the...
02.11.2020
EEOC SUES YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL FOR AGE AND DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
Heidi Macomber reads the 2/11/20 EEOC bulletin re EEOC Sues Yale New Haven Hospital for Age and Disability Discrimination. … More EEOC SUES YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL FOR AGE AND DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
02.10.2020
UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE, INC. TO PAY $1.35 MILLION TO SETTLE SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
Heidi Macomber reads the 2/10/20 EEOC bulletin - Upstate Dairy Cooperative, Inc. to pay $1.35M to settle sex discrimination lawsuit. This includes a violation of federal record keeping laws related to hiring documents. … More UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE, INC. TO...
02.09.2020
The Tipping Point – 1
Join me as I read Chapter 1 of Malcolm Gladwell's book, The Tipping Point. Chapter 1, The 3 Rules of Epidemics. … More The Tipping Point – 1
02.09.2020
OCR Settles Second Case in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative but then Vacates 3rd Party Directive in Federal Court
HHS OCR Settle Second Case in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative 12/12/2019 but then vacates 3rd Party Directive in Federal court decision dated 1/23/2020. … More OCR Settles Second Case in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative but then Vacates 3rd...
02.08.2020
The Tipping Point – Intro
Join me as I read Malcolm Gladwell's Introduction to The Tipping Point, How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. … More The Tipping Point – Intro
02.08.2020
EEOC Sues Doubletree Hotel in Jefferson City for Sexual Harassment
Heidi Macomber reports on the EEOC's St Louis District Office news bulletin dated 2/7/20 re EEOC Sues Doubletree Hotel in Jefferson City for Sexual Harassment … More EEOC Sues Doubletree Hotel in Jefferson City for Sexual Harassment
02.07.2020
OCR Secures $2.175 Million HIPAA Settlement After Hospitals Failed to Properly Notify HHS of a Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information
Heidi Macomber reads 11/26/19 HHS OCR news update re OCR Secures $2.175M HIPAA Settlement- Alleged failure to Properly Notify HHS of PHI Breach … More OCR Secures $2.175 Million HIPAA Settlement After Hospitals Failed to Properly Notify HHS of a...
02.07.2020
GLOBAL MINISTRIES TO PAY $50,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RETALIATION DISCRIMINATION SUIT
Heidi Macomber read's the 2/4/20 update from the EEOC re Global Ministries to Pay $50K to Settle EEOC Retaliation Discrimination Suit. … More GLOBAL MINISTRIES TO PAY $50,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RETALIATION DISCRIMINATION SUIT
01.27.2020
Failure to Encrypt Mobile Devices Leads to $3 Million HIPAA Settlement
Heidi Macomber reads November 7, 2019 news update from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights re URMC $3 million settlement for failure to encrypt mobile devices. … More Failure to Encrypt Mobile Devices Leads to...
01.14.2020
U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule To Update FLSA’s Joint Employer Regulations
Heidi Macomber reads DOL WHD Final Rule updating FLSA regs on Joint Employer … More U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule To Update FLSA’s Joint Employer Regulations
01.11.2020
NLRB – CNN TO PAY $76 MILLION IN BACKPAY
Heidi Macomber reads NLRB 1/10/20 updated re CNN to Pay $76 Million in BackPay including NLRB Fact Sheet on Proposed Rule regarding the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status … More NLRB – CNN TO PAY $76 MILLION IN BACKPAY
01.10.2020
Feedback – Chapter 2, Chandler and Grealish – a Movement to Fix Feedback
Heidi Macomber reads Chapter Two, FEEDBACK (and Other Dirty Words) by M. Tamra Chandler and Laura Dowling Grealish. Chapter Two explores the authors' movement to fix feedback. … More Feedback – Chapter 2, Chandler and Grealish – a Movement to...
01.09.2020
JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE TO PAY $20.5 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC LAWSUIT
Heidi Macomber reads today's post re an EEOC lawsuit charging Jackson National Life Insurance for race, national origin, sex discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Jackson will pay 21 former employees in largest monetary settlement ever reached by the EEOCs Phoenix District...
01.07.2020
DOL Opinion Letter FLSA2020-1
Heidi Macomber reads and summarizes the first DOL WHD Opinion Letter of 2020 - FLSA2020-1 … More DOL Opinion Letter FLSA2020-1

What's HR Learning Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

HR Learning Podcast episodes:

Nov 5th E-Verify Tentative Nonconfirmation notices begin

Lockheed Martin Failed to Reasonably Accommodate Employee with Disability

Headhunters Took Ex-Employee to Court for Filing With EEOC

Egg Producer Allowed Supervisor to Sexually Harass Female Employee, Then Retaliated Against Her When She Complained

EEOC Issues Final Rule Revising Procedural Regulations Under Title VII, ADA, and GINA

Owner Subjected Female Employee to Egregious Abuse, Including Sexual Assault, Forcing Her to Quit

Form I-9 Announcement

Airline Refused to Accommodate Buddhist Pilot’s Religious Beliefs

The Jobs of Management

Woodlands Psychiatry and Counseling Fired Licensed Counselor for Filing an EEOC Charge

Traffic Reporter Denied Hire Based on Preference for Younger Women

Call Center Fired Temporary Employees Because They Were Pregnant

COVID-19 Temporary Policy for List B Identity Documents

Naked Statistics, Intro and Chapter 1, Whats the Point by Charles Wheelan

Certain H-2A Non-immigrants Permitted to Start Work

Oklahoma Drilling Contractor Refused to Hire Older Rig Hands and Fired Employee Because of Disability After Conducting an Unlawful Medical Exam

Hard Optimism – Practice 2 through 4, Price Pritchett

Baltimore County Will Pay $5.4 Million to Settle Long-Running EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit

Hard Optimism – Intro and Practice 1. Control the life-shaping power of your thoughts and attitudes

IDEC CORPORATION TO PAY $275,000 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

TUCSON, ARIZONA, COMPANY TO PAY BACK WAGES AFTER DENYING PAID SICK LEAVE TO WORKER WHOSE DOCTOR ORDERED CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE

EEOC TO HOLD FIRST-EVER REMOTE PUBLIC MEETING ON APRIL 29

Employee Was Harassed and Forced to Quit Because of Intolerable Working Conditions, Federal Agency Charges

Filipino Employees Subjected to Retaliation -Alleged National Origin Discrimination

Chapter 7, Portals Into the Unmanifested

Chapter 6 The Inner Body, The Power of Now

U.S. Department Of Labor Announces New Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Implementation

What You Should Know about the Publication of EEO-1 30-Day Notice

EEOC SUES TELLURIDE EXPRESS FOR AGE DISCRIMINATION

EEOC SUES BLUE SKY VISION FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

Chapter 1, The Role of Management, The Practice of Management by Drucker

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CITES DOLLAR TREE STORE FOR TRIP AND FALL HAZARDS AT ALABAMA LOCATION

What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19

Developing Managers – Peter Drucker

SELECT STAFFING TO PAY $199,500 TO SETTLE EEOC SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT

Hat World to Pay $33,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

EEOC SUES YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL FOR AGE AND DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE, INC. TO PAY $1.35 MILLION TO SETTLE SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

The Tipping Point – 1

OCR Settles Second Case in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative but then Vacates 3rd Party Directive in Federal Court

The Tipping Point – Intro

EEOC Sues Doubletree Hotel in Jefferson City for Sexual Harassment

OCR Secures $2.175 Million HIPAA Settlement After Hospitals Failed to Properly Notify HHS of a Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information

GLOBAL MINISTRIES TO PAY $50,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RETALIATION DISCRIMINATION SUIT

Failure to Encrypt Mobile Devices Leads to $3 Million HIPAA Settlement

U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule To Update FLSA’s Joint Employer Regulations

NLRB – CNN TO PAY $76 MILLION IN BACKPAY

Feedback – Chapter 2, Chandler and Grealish – a Movement to Fix Feedback

JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE TO PAY $20.5 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC LAWSUIT

DOL Opinion Letter FLSA2020-1