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.
We assume that being a supportive boss means simply saying yes to an employee’s medical request, but unexamined benevolence can actually be the most dangerous trap in the workplace. Join us as we explore the hidden mechanics of the ADA and the strange paradox where buying everyone a thousand-dollar chair might be cheaper than explaining why only one person got one.
Immigration rules churn endlessly, but the human stakes remain the same. In this special live episode, we explore how HR leaders can navigate compliance without losing sight of compassion.
AI can write your first draft, but it can’t shake a new hire’s hand. In this episode, Pete, Kyle, and Terry dig into where AI truly saves time in HR, where it goes off the rails, and how smart teams are building practical guardrails so the tech helps—not harms—people and culture.
What happens when your employees want unpaid time off—even when they still have PTO? Or when team friction boils over because one person works from a hammock while the rest sweat it out on-site? This week, Pete Wright is joined by HR expert Terry Cook and employment attorney Sarah Piscatelli to take on your thorniest, most sleep-stealing HR questions.
In this months Tough Questions session, Tom and Terry teach us about the challenges of navigating the sensitive situations we might just otherwise want to avoid.
In this episode of Human Solutions, we’re tackling real HR dilemmas based on questions we’re hearing from our customers. Can an employer require an obituary to approve bereavement leave? What should you do if you suspect a doctor’s note is fake? Are employees allowed to secretly record conversations at work—and can those recordings be used against employers?
In this episode of Human Solutions, Pete Wright sits down with two seasoned HR professionals—Lucille Ward from Package Steel Systems and Terry Cook from AIM HR Solutions—to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities in human resources for the manufacturing industry.
Ever wonder what the most common questions HR professionals grapple with are? In this episode we are joined by AIM HR Solutions team members, Tom Jones and Terry Cook will bring their expertise to the forefront on pressing HR issues.
We’re talking all about reinventing employee evaluations in the aftershocks of a global shift to remote work with our own review experts, Kyle Pardo and Terry Cook. Get ready to reshape and invigorate your approach to measuring performance in a workplace that’s constantly in flux!