What The Hell Just Happened?!

Burnout in the Workplace

If you’re an employer in today’s working environment, there is no doubt that you’ve heard of burnout... Maybe even experienced it yourself! But what is burnout? Can it be prevented? How do you address it? Listen to Paul Edwards sit down with CeCe Wilson and Amanda Rishor to discuss burnout in the workplace and how to approach it with all different generations of employees.

The Kardashians and HR…Wait, Those Don’t Go Together

The Kardashians have done it again… and by that, we mean allegedly violating employment laws. This time, the conversation focuses on Khloe Kardashian and how she treated her personal assistant, who is now attempting to sue her for breaking California Labor Laws. Join Paul Edwards, Jennie McLaughlin, and Amanda Rishor as they talk about the crazy world of the Kardashians and how HR seems to find its way into it all (doesn’t it always?).

What Can Happen if You Classify Your Employees Incorrectly?

Paying $400k in back wages…sound like something you’d want to have to do? Classifying employees incorrectly is extremely common in several fields of business. Having employees who are incorrectly classified, either as exempt or non-exempt, has caused problems for thousands of companies throughout the years. In this week’s episode of What The Hell Just Happened?! Listen to Paul Edwards and Michelle Richard discuss what happened to two businesses, one smaller and one large, after they were discovered by the Department of Labor to be incorrectly classifying some employees.

EEOC Orders Auto Company to Pay $200k

Talking about the EEOC and the businesses they go after has become a regular occurrence on What The Hell Just Happened?! This episode is no exception. There are several ways sexual harassment can show up within your workplace, and Monroe Auto had to learn this lesson the hard way by paying out a large settlement. Listen to Paul Edwards as he sits down with CeCe Wilson and Amanda Rishor to discuss what happened and how it could have been stopped before it even started.

The Person I Phone Screened was Different Than the One I Met in Person?!

Picture this: you sift through dozens of applications and schedule countless phone interviews (something we are all too familiar with). Then, one of your phone screens goes extremely well, and you have hope for filling your position that has been empty for quite a while. You schedule this candidate for their first in-person interview, and when they come in, they sound nothing like who you talked to on the phone. Even wilder, they give you completely countering answers from what they had prior. Turns out it is someone else entirely! Oddly enough, this is becoming all too common. Paul Edwards sits down with CeCe Wilson to discuss this strange new phenomenon and how to prevent it from happening.

Pay Transparency... How it Can Help You

Pay transparency is coming up more often as more and more states are beginning to pass laws requiring employers to be transparent about what they are paying people. Additionally, employees are becoming more curious about it when they see jobs that may be similar to theirs having a higher pay range posted with no explanation as to why. As an employer, this can be nerve-racking when you are first looking into it. However, listen to Paul Edwards, CEO & Founder of CEDR HR Solutions, and Michelle Richard, Senior Solution Center Advisor, discuss how enacting pay transparency at your workplace will benefit you as an employer with current employees and any future ones.

Employment Lawsuits… What Do You Do?

On today's episode of What The Hell Just Happened?!, Paul Edwards and Senior Solution Center expert Halisi Tambuzi are here to discuss an employer's worst-case scenario:  An imminent HR-related lawsuit. Listen now to learn what the first steps you should take are, what things you should avoid doing at all costs, and learn about some of the little tricks employment law attorneys can use to make you panic and possibly make a mistake.
What To Do When An Employment Lawsuit Appears Imminent
What EPLI Insurance Does and Doesn’t Cover

Fox News and Sexual Harassment

You may have heard recently that Fox News is being sued. Granted, Fox News is being sued for lots of things right now, but today on What The Hell Just Happened?!, Paul Edwards and Solution Center Advisor Moriah Ochoa are discussing Laura Luhn's sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox. This lawsuit was only able to be filed because the state of New York recently passed the Adult Survivors Act, which gives victims of sexual assault a 1-year window to sue for damages regardless of whether the statute of limitations has expired.
More and more laws like this are being passed, and an employer who knows (or should have known) about an incident of sexual misconduct and doesn't handle the situation appropriately can be sued just as easily as the employee who actually committed the offense, so your policies on investigating and handling sexual misconduct need to be up to snuff.

Elon Musk Strikes Again

Today, we have a special episode of What The Hell Just Happened?! for you! Paul read about Elon Musk's latest Twitter adventure, screamed "He did WHAT?!", and quickly gathered CEDR's Director of Compliance Jennie McLaughlin and Content & Education Curator Amanda Rishor to discuss the situation.
Although you might have already known about advanced HR tactics like "Don't fire your employees but not tell them" and "Don't publicly mock your disabled employees over Twitter in front of billions of people", there's a lot of other interesting HR stuff going on in this situation that many people might not have realized. Listen now to get the details and learn how "The World's Smartest Man" got pretty much everything wrong on this one.

Team Volunteering Programs - Are They Paid?

Episodes like today's are where our podcast gets its name. Maybe you just read the title of today's episode and you're thinking "Wait, what? That HR question makes no sense!" If so, welcome to the podcast! That feeling of confused annoyance that you're experiencing right now? Totally normal. Join Paul and CEDR Solution Center Advisor Grace Godlasky as they explain why the employee volunteers at your charitable event might not really be "volunteers", as far as the Department of Labor is concerned. We have lots of other WTHJH episodes you can listen to as well, and once you've listened to a few, concepts like this will just leave you smirking lightly in disbelief, like Jim from The Office.  
If you read the title and thought "Geez, is it Tuesday already? Okay Paul, make it make sense", then it's great to see you back! So yeah, even if your employee doesn't want to be paid for working at your charitable event, there's a whole 3-factor test that needs to be applied under the Fair Labor Standards Act to determine if it's even maybe okay to let them volunteer. This week's episode also has some pretty delicious-sounding food discussion in it though, and Grace is always a fun guest, so there's no time like the present to queue this episode up and buff your HR Nerd credentials.