Suzanne Lucas, known as the Evil HR Lady, has a distinctive writing style characterized by clarity, directness, and a touch of humor. She addresses complex human resources issues in a manner that is accessible to both HR professionals and general readers. Lucas is known for demystifying the often bureaucratic and jargon-laden field of HR with straightforward, no-nonsense advice. Her style typically includes: Practicality: Suzanne focuses on giving practical, actionable advice that readers can apply directly to their workplace situations. This approach helps make her advice very relata ..read more

The White House just approved a proposal from the Department of Labor to raise the minimum salary for exemption to $55,068 per year. It’s currently at $35,568 per year, so this is quite a jump. What does this mean for your business? Let’s break it down. Salary exemption Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employees who work more than 40 hours a week are entitled to overtime. However, some employees are exempt from this rule under certain conditions. The first requirement an employee must meet to be exempt from overtime is that they be paid on a salary basi ..read more

Remember January of 2020 when you had never, not once, thought about rules regarding vaccines in the workplace? (Unless, of course, you worked in healthcare.) And 18 months later you could cite huge swaths of CDC guidelines by memory and had talked more about health than you had since your Junior Year in high school where the football coach taught health class. Think of all the disruption you’ve seen in your career just since 2020: Pandemics, layoffs, hiring pushes, AI, more layoffs, salaries going bonkers, new regulations, new rules, and whew! What’s next? No one knows, but it’s still your j ..read more

One in three hiring managers knowingly ask “illegal” questions during job interviews, according to a recent Resume Builder survey. And while, technically, very few of the questions mentioned in the survey are illegal to ask, queries about religion, race, gender, and pregnancy status (among other things) can still land you in hot water. Why? Because it is illegal to consider a candidate’s answer to those questions as part of the hiring process. The distinction between the two is critical. Obviously, you don’t need to panic if a candidate sees a pictu ..read more

It’s great when you can hire someone who can be up to speed in the first 15 minutes, but most people need training time. Even your newly hired chief financial officer needs considerable time to understand your processes and procedures. So, it’s certainly not surprising that it would take at least a couple of days of training to onboard a brand-new, entry-level employee. And that costs money. Which is why it’s no surprise that an ice cream company in California recently ran a job posting that contained this line: “Requires 2 Preliminary days of training (unpaid) wh ..read more

I’m so grateful to DisruptHR St. Helier for letting me come and share this important message! The post Disrupt HR: Why You Should “Yes, and” HR appeared first on Evil HR Lady ..read more

Good news for Dell employees! If they like their remote jobs, they can keep their remote jobs! They just won’t be considered for any promotions or internal transfers. While you may be shocked at this, it’s simply Dell saying the quiet part out loud. We know that CEOs want people in the office. We also know that CEOs want to make profits. Lots of people think that these two things are incompatible, but I’m not convinced by the numbers that insist productivity is higher at home. It certainly is higher for some people – there’s no doubt to that. But it certainly is lower for some people as well ..read more

Potential t-shirt slogan for United Airlines pilots: “The CEO of Boeing stepped down, and all I got was this lousy furlough.” Because of delays with ordered Boeing aircraft, United simply doesn’t need as many pilots. As a result, they recently asked pilots to volunteer to take unpaid time off. These delays were caused by attempts to resolve serious issues with safety and aircraft reliability at Boeing. CEO Dave Calhoun will step down at the end of 2024; chairman of the board Larry Kellner is also resigning; and the CEO of the commercial airplane ..read more

Men and women, it turns out, work in different realities. What one group perceives as fact, the other sees something different. As a woman who has studied and been in the workplace for more than 20 years I’ve often thought there is a gap between what we perceive and reality. The third annual US Women Professionals in the Workplace report from HiBob demonstrates how men and women see the workforce. And maybe neither live in reality. Equal pay for equal work? The HiBob report finds that eight out of 10 (82%) of men believe that men and women are paid equally for the same job ..read more

After 18 years of being Evil HR Lady, I decided it was time for a change. From now on, this blog will be known as Elvis HR Lady. The post Introducing Elvis HR Lady appeared first on Evil HR Lady ..read more