What The Hell Just Happened?!

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You don’t know what you don’t know. And, when it comes to HR and employment laws, most employers are SHOCKED by what they learn from talking to CEDR CEO and Founder Paul Edwards for just ten minutes. But Paul’s a busy man. And, though he would love nothing more than to talk one-on-one with each and every business owner and manager interested in learning about HR compliance, team management strategies, and how to protect their businesses, there’s only so much Paul to go around. So, we’ve got the next best thing for you - Introducing "What the Hell Just Happened?" In this new podcast, Paul sits down with a different HR expert from his Solution Center team each week to discuss the burning HR questions facing you now, and to offer expert insights on important HR considerations you didn’t know you didn’t know.

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Episode 612: What the FTC's Non-Compete Ruling Means for You - Hurry Up and Wait

May 14 2024 12 mins

In this episode of What the Hell Just Happened?!, hosts Paul Edwards and Jennie McLaughlin delve into the recent FTC ruling on non-compete clauses. While this could herald significant changes for employment contracts nationwide, there's no need to panic just yet. Paul and Jennie break down the details of the ruling, emphasizing that it won't take effect immediately and discussing p

Episode 611: What Happens When Employers Get Recorded Firing an Employee?

Apr 16 2024 23 mins

Let’s delve into a scenario that could happen to any of us in the professional world. We've all seen them by now—the secret Zoom video recordings of a large company firing a remote employee via call go viral. Secretly recording a conversation raises privacy issues, and, once again, a crazy ruling by the NLRB last year states that eavesdropping on employers by employees is legal

Episode 610: Give Your Employees Work Emails Already!

Apr 09 2024 21 mins

Today, we're talking about the importance of privacy and email addresses for your employees, inspired by a chiropractic office that got locked out of their website by an employee who was demanding a ransom. Allowing employees to use their personal email addresses for various business activities sets you up for trouble in more ways than we can list... Giving your employees company e

Episode 609: How to Lose a Great Employee

Mar 26 2024 29 mins

In this week's episode of What the Hell Just Happened?! Discover why talented employees often find themselves in management positions for which they might not be suited and the unintended consequences that can arise from such decisions. Paul Edwards and CeCe Wilson sit down to dissect the reasons behind these common practices, shedding light on the importance of recognizing differe

Episode 608: Don't Poison Your Employees

Mar 19 2024 21 mins

Recently, Dairy Queen was in the news because one of their manager's "corrective action" sent people to the hospital. As managers, sometimes, actually fixing the issue is something we all want to avoid for one reason or another - let's be honest, it can be exhausting (especially if it's an issue you've already addressed a million times). Getting through to your employees is hard, a

Episode 607: Free Treatment: And I Have to Pay My Employees?

Feb 13 2024 16 mins

For this week’s episode, we are doing a re-release of one of our favorites (and one that is always highly requested!) Giving your employees in-house treatment as a benefit of employment is common, and a great way to increase employee retention! However, there are a lot of things to consider, especially when it comes to billing and how insurance carriers see things. Listen when Ha

Episode 606: Employee Wants the Money, Not the Benefit - Just Say No!

Feb 06 2024 35 mins

Buckle in, managers and owners! It's time for the next "What the Hell Just Happened?!" In this episode, we answer two questions: one from the more than 10,000 HR questions the experts at CEDR receive each year and the second from one of our listeners. Our first question concerns an employee who corners their manager and wants more money: “Since I don't want or need your health in

Episode 605: My Employee CAN do the Job, but Won't!

Jan 23 2024 29 mins

All employees fall somewhere on the skill versus will matrix, which is a tool that can help you objectively make tough decisions with employees. You have your ideal employees (those that can and will and those that can't and will), and then you have your less-than-ideal employees (those that can and won't and those that can't and won't). Have you ever stopped to think about where a

Episode 604 - You Can’t Pay Employees With a Free Lunch During Lunch & Learns

Jan 08 2024 22 mins

As your team gets the chance to sit down together and learn about something new during their break, and while eating a yummy lunch that they didn't have to buy, keep in mind the following: being paid for the time during that session isn't just a kindness, it is required by law in all circumstances. If you remember one of our previous episodes called "You Can't Pay People in Chicken

Episode 603: ”That’s Not My Job!” Let’s Talk About Job Descriptions

Jan 02 2024 19 mins

Job Descriptions... way more important than a lot of us realize. When you ask an employee to do something and get the "that's not my job" response, what do you do? Your biggest tool that you can use to combat that is a solid and well-thought-out job description! Find out how job descriptions not only play into the culture of your workplace but also how having an improper job descri