
HR Advisor Newsletter – November 2020
How to Support a Grieving Employee
Everyone experiences grief at some point in their life, and yet for being such a common experience, it’s also one that few of us are fully equipped to navigate when it comes. In part, this is because grief is such an overwhelming and horrible experience. Nothing can prepare you for it. You just have to go through it and get through it. Grief is also a unique experience for each person. Everyone has their own path through its stages, and what helped one person work through their grief may not help another.

HR Advisor Newsletter – October 2020
Key Definitions to Help You Understand the ADA
If you hadn’t engaged with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) before the pandemic, you probably have by now. The ADA comes up a lot these days, both with respect to confidentiality of medical information (like employee temperatures) as well as with reasonable accommodation for those who are at high risk for a serious case of COVID-19. In this article we’ll tackle some of the key terms in the ADA that every employer should be comfortable with.

HR Advisor Newsletter – September 2020
Leading During a PandemicNo one knows what the workplace is going to look like in three months. COVID-19 continues to spread. School reopening and attendance plans remain tenuous. Further action from Congress is uncertain. Official rules from the Department of Labor might even be struck down in court, further adding to the confusion about what employers are supposed to be doing. |

HR Advisor Newsletter – June 2020
Don’t Forget to Document, Document, Document
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HR Advisor Newsletter - May 2020
How Employers Can Support the Mental Health of Their Employees During COVID-19
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HR Advisor Newsletter - April 2020
How to Pay for Leave Required by Families First Coronavirus Response Act
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HR Advisor Newsletter - March 2020
How Employers Can Rethink Training and Team Building
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HR Advisor Newsletter - February 2020
How to Help Underperforming Employees
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HR Advisor Newsletter - January 2020
How Employers Can Address Mental Health in the Workplace
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half the people in the United States will be diagnosed with a mental illness at some point in their lives, and one in five Americans will experience a mental illness in a given year. It’s therefore not surprising that mental health has a significant impact in the workplace. In fact, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health conditions like depression and anxiety cost the global economy a trillion dollars per year in lost productivity. |

December 2019
Thank you for reading the HR Advisor Newsletter. This month we look at three practices you can do to effectively manage your HR responsibilities, what you should keep in mind when writing your own company policies, and a few measures you can take to protect your organization when serving alcohol at company events.