by Katie Lemen | Jun 25, 2020 | DCSI
Many organizations have been criticized for their support of Black Lives Matter and other diversity related organizational statements. We as HR professionals must work on knowledge of the “real” truth of the state of diversity in our organizations. We need to look for... 
by Katie Lemen | Jun 15, 2020 | DCSI
For years HR folks have been caught between what we were legally required to do and what we should do. Like so many things in our profession, we were in the gray. Many business owners and HR folks looked at their EEO polices and were torn. Should we only protect the... 
by Katie Lemen | Jun 2, 2020 | DCSI
Here we are nearly half way through the year with one crisis after another for HR professionals. We haven’t even begun the return to work and now we have the next crisis as the nation reacts to the death of George Floyd. My HR colleague went to a local national chain... 
by Katie Lemen | May 18, 2020 | DCSI
Here we are. Working at home on another Friday. It’s hard to believe that it has been two months working this way. How do we reconcile the fact that two months ago we didn’t want employees working at home, because it wasn’t “productive”? We thought that employees... 
by Katie Lemen | Jan 1, 2019 | DCSI
Small Business Owners are pulled in so many directions. Decisions that are related to employees can often be overwhelming. We frequently get calls to our HR Helpline that center around employee situations that could become problems down the road. Our experienced...