Orientation & Onboarding with Kyle Pardo & Annette Dupree
April 21, 2026
Many organizations have an onboarding process. How many of them can tell you where it ends?
Many organizations have an onboarding process. How many of them can tell you where it ends?
Simplifying HR for People who Love HR
Many organizations have an onboarding process. How many of them can tell you where it ends?
Manufacturing HR doesn’t get the luxury of being theoretical — the challenges are physical, immediate, and happening across three shifts while you’re asleep. This episode, Terry Cook and Stacey Wenczel break down the real compliance weight of plant life, from donning and doffing to accommodation requests in roles where “work from home” isn’t a option.
Bonding leave sounds simple until you try to coordinate it with FMLA, align measurement periods that don’t match, and manage scenarios the law’s drafters probably didn’t anticipate. Sarah Piscatelli and Mary McNally explain why the distance between a well-intentioned benefit and getting it right in practice is wider than most HR professionals expect.
Between the rollback of federal affirmative action requirements and the rise of AI in hiring, 2025 has left HR teams navigating constant recalibration—and according to new research, employees are feeling it. Tom Jones and Kyle Pardo break down the regulatory whiplash, the quiet evolution of DEI, and why morale has suddenly surged past compensation as employers’ top priority heading into 2026.