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HR Stories Podcast - A Lesson in Every Story!

By: John Thalheimer MS and Chuck Simikian SPHR SHRM-SCP
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  • Welcome to the HR Stories Podcast - where there is a lesson in every story. Our Storytellers - John Thalheimer and Chuck Simikian, the Team behind HR Stories, share real-life tales about where a business made a preventable mistake. At The HR Stories Podcast, the STORIES are the teaching tool! LISTEN to the stories of those that did not heed the warning signs. LEARN from their mistakes. ACT on best practices shared by our hosts and guests. Each year, our hosts Chuck Simikian and John Thalheimer, deliver thousands of live seminars around the country to business owners, executives, and HR professionals discussing the fundamentals of Human Resources, Leadership best practices, and legal risk reduction activities for organizations. In each HR Story episode, they share a story of where a company missed the mark and what went wrong...and how you can avoid their fate. As the Team at HR Stories, John and Chuck continue to develop and provide resources to help HR leaders, businesses owners, and organizations with the confidence they need to successfully when handling employee issues and building strong employee practices to be in compliance with employment laws. Both are successful entrepreneurs who help businesses through HR consulting, training, and coaching leaders. They have coached and trained thousands of HR Professionals as, Business Owners, and Leaders to prepare them for the future. When the Coronavirus stopped America in 2019, John and Chuck wanted to share their knowledge. They realized that the stories they shared in their seminars were the perfect vehicle to teach the principles of human resources management. In short, there is a lesson in every story. John is the Founding Director of True Star Leadership™, which focuses on helping managers and leaders learn the principles of performance management. Chuck is the Founding Partner of Alliance HR Partners, which provides HR consulting and training to businesses across the country. Together they have over 40 years navigating the challenges of HR and have recently published their book - The Ultimate Book of HR Checklists – Getting HR Right: Your Step-by-Step Reference for Avoiding Costly Mistakes. Go to https://hrchecklists.com/ for more information, download a free sample, and watch their webinar on the Secret Power Behind Successful Businesses.
    © 2024 HR Stories Podcast - A Lesson in Every Story!
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Episodes
  • Listener Q&A - We Answer Your Questions: Job Descriptions, Balancing Accommodation with Production, and Celebrations

    Listener Q&A - We Answer Your Questions: Job Descriptions, Balancing Accommodation with Production, and Celebrations
    Jun 25 2024

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    Welcome to another Listener Q&A with The Team at HR Stories! Today's episode goes into these questions:

    1. Do you have a good step-by-step process for creating or gathering job descriptions for all roles in the company?
    2. How do you handle an employee who has slower output but claims to have a disability?
    3. Do you have any suggestions for remote activities or keepsakes that are unique to celebrate an upcoming company milestone?

    Support the Show.

    The Ultimate Book of HR Checklists – Getting HR Right: Your Step-by-Step Reference for Avoiding Costly Mistakes. Go to HRChecklists.com (On sale - take $100 off ...only $79 ) Certified and approved for 3 SHRM Recertification Credits.

    Join the HR Team of One Community on Facebook or visit TeamAtHRstories.com and sign up for emails so you can be the first to know about new things we have coming up.

    You can also follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @HRstoriesPodcast

    Don't forget to rate our podcast, it really helps other people find it!

    Do you have a situation or topic you’d like the team to discuss? Are you interested in having Chuck or John talk to your team or Emcee your event? You can reach the Team at Email@TeamAtHRStories.com for suggestions and inquiries.

    The viewpoints expressed by the characters in the stories are not necessarily that of The Team at HR Stories. The stories are shared to present various, real-world scenarios and share how they were handled by policy and, at times, law. Chuck and John are not lawyers and always recommend working with an employment lawyer to address concerns.

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    22 mins
  • Preventable Death in the Workplace

    Preventable Death in the Workplace
    Jun 18 2024

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    Summer’s here and you don’t want to get ‘burned’ by the seasonal conditions. In today’s episode, Chuck and John explore the dangers of outdoor work conditions and how they can result in the most tragic of circumstances if you are not taking the proper steps to protect your employees.

    In the HR News segment, the team touches on the following topics and more:

    • Years of experience on its way out of job requirements.
    • Is unemployment insurance the reason young males aren’t working?
    • More AI bias being caught in employment assessments.
    • Annual evaluations are out - monthly coaching sessions are in.

    Support the Show.

    The Ultimate Book of HR Checklists – Getting HR Right: Your Step-by-Step Reference for Avoiding Costly Mistakes. Go to HRChecklists.com (On sale - take $100 off ...only $79 ) Certified and approved for 3 SHRM Recertification Credits.

    Join the HR Team of One Community on Facebook or visit TeamAtHRstories.com and sign up for emails so you can be the first to know about new things we have coming up.

    You can also follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @HRstoriesPodcast

    Don't forget to rate our podcast, it really helps other people find it!

    Do you have a situation or topic you’d like the team to discuss? Are you interested in having Chuck or John talk to your team or Emcee your event? You can reach the Team at Email@TeamAtHRStories.com for suggestions and inquiries.

    The viewpoints expressed by the characters in the stories are not necessarily that of The Team at HR Stories. The stories are shared to present various, real-world scenarios and share how they were handled by policy and, at times, law. Chuck and John are not lawyers and always recommend working with an employment lawyer to address concerns.

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    49 mins
  • Listener Q&A - We Answer Your Questions: The Dos and Don'ts of Exempt vs Non-exempt

    Listener Q&A - We Answer Your Questions: The Dos and Don'ts of Exempt vs Non-exempt
    Jun 11 2024

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    Welcome to another Listener Q&A with The Team at HR Stories! Today's episode goes into these questions:

    1. Can I, as an exempt employee, work in a non-exempt role at the same company performing a separate job?
    2. We hired someone has a salary exempt employee but after 10 months, his job description changed and reclassified him as non-exempt. Do we need to pay him overtime when he was classified as salary exempt?
    3. Is an anniversary bonus considered discretionary or non-discretionary?

    Support the Show.

    The Ultimate Book of HR Checklists – Getting HR Right: Your Step-by-Step Reference for Avoiding Costly Mistakes. Go to HRChecklists.com (On sale - take $100 off ...only $79 ) Certified and approved for 3 SHRM Recertification Credits.

    Join the HR Team of One Community on Facebook or visit TeamAtHRstories.com and sign up for emails so you can be the first to know about new things we have coming up.

    You can also follow us on Instagram and TikTok at @HRstoriesPodcast

    Don't forget to rate our podcast, it really helps other people find it!

    Do you have a situation or topic you’d like the team to discuss? Are you interested in having Chuck or John talk to your team or Emcee your event? You can reach the Team at Email@TeamAtHRStories.com for suggestions and inquiries.

    The viewpoints expressed by the characters in the stories are not necessarily that of The Team at HR Stories. The stories are shared to present various, real-world scenarios and share how they were handled by policy and, at times, law. Chuck and John are not lawyers and always recommend working with an employment lawyer to address concerns.

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Really great information and for informative. Haven’t heard anyone give a good list of questions or even a flow of how the investigations should flow. Really appreciate it.

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