Welcome to a new year! In this episode, Barbara and Corbin share their plans for HR on Mic in 2024. 

AI has made a big splash in the media lately - from business to politics to court cases. If you’re a people manager, you might be concerned about the potential impact of artificial intelligence on human resources management. In this episode of HR on Mic, Corbin and Barbara discuss some of the ways that AI will be a useful HR tool as well as aspects of AI that HR managers should be aware of before embarking on the AI journey.

It’s a goal of most companies to be a good place to work. But what happens when an employer’s generosity comes back to bite them? In this episode of HR on Mic, Corbin and Barbara discuss health plan insurers’ Actively at Work requirements. 

What happens when the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Workers Comp collide? Some people call this possibility the Bermuda Triangle of employment laws, and in this episode of HR on Mic, Corbin and Barbara offer several possible scenarios where they may overlap, and how to navigate a successful outcome.  

When it comes to health plan elections, employees can only make changes at certain times, or as a result of certain events. In this episode of HR on Mic, Corbin and Barbara review when and how an employee can change health plan elections. 

The realm of human resources is a world of initials. We would have a hard time getting through an eight-hour day without them – FLSA, ATS, ADA, COLA, DEI and a host of others, including our own field: HR. In this episode of HR on Mic, Corbin and Barbara share answers to some questions about FMLA, initials that are a source of confusion for many employers. 

The only thing in life that we can count on is change, and there is a change in the Affordable Care Act reporting requirements that will soon affect many employers. In this episode of HR on Mic, Corbin and Barbara help you prepare for the new reporting requirements. 

Would a manager at your company intentionally retaliate against a company employee? Probably not. Yet over 50% of the EEOC charges brought against employers include a charge of retaliation. In this episode of HR on Mic, Corbin and Barbara explain common retaliation scenarios and how to avoid them. 

“Harassment”, and its frequent companion “Retaliation” are words no people-manager ever wants to hear in the workplace. Most of the time when we hear the word harassment, we think about sexual harassment, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Employees can be illegally harassed for many different reasons including race, sex, religion, and national origin, along with other protected characteristics. In this episode of HR on Mic we want employers to know how to identify illegal harassment, how to respond to a claim of harassment, and how to prevent it.