by Katie Lemen | Jan 18, 2021 | DCSI
Dr. King penned so many of my favorite quotes, “the ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people” and “everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” By far my favorite of all of his quotes...
by Katie Lemen | Jan 12, 2021 | DCSI
I find that even when I try to turn off my brain, HR still seems to creep in. I was watching TV last Friday, and enjoying a great show, Blue Bloods, when the episode turned to the topic of disabilities in the workplace. A detective became disabled and was in a...
by Katie Lemen | Jan 8, 2021 | DCSI
Resiliency. This is our word, fellow HR’ers. We’ve seen it all. We’ve heard it all. And last year, we pretty much did it all. And yet, here we are in the new year. We’re not just surviving – we are thriving. You might be snickering at that “not just surviving”...
by Katie Lemen | Dec 7, 2020 | DCSI
Many employers around the country already stressed with the challenges of 2020 are now facing minimum wage changes that will radically change their business. In this holiday season, changing minimum wage in a way affects the “least of these”. As we think about the...
by Katie Lemen | Nov 11, 2020 | DCSI
I may be a bit old fashioned, but I like patriotic stuff. I put up our flag on the front of the house every day when I was a kid. In college, I put up the flag and took it down each day at the dorm. Here we are on another Veteran’s Day – a day of observance for...
by Katie Lemen | Nov 10, 2020 | DCSI
With Veteran’s Day coming up on November 11th, one may ask, “Why do we celebrate Veteran’s Day?” Why do schools/businesses take the day off? Why do restaurants offer so many freebies on this day? Well the short answer is that Veterans Day gives Americans the...
