I think I blinked and we’re half way through the summer.
And boy has it been EVENTFUL!!!!
There’s been so much going in the world that I thought it may be fun to pull together some of the stories of the summer and share them with y’all.
So without further ado welcome to the HR Summer Roundup!!!
Have news stories you think need to be shared? Reply here and I’ll include them in the future!
SHRM drops the E for equity…
This was basically me the second the news dropped.
Catch up quick: The announcement from SHRM on Linkedin.
By the numbers: SHRM has nearly 340,000 members across 180 countries and almost 1M followers on Linkedin.
The reactions: Most folks were disappointed and quite angry by this move. Personally, I was appalled but not surprised. I have had issues with SHRM for years. They’ve made so many questionable moves and this one is just the most recent.
Curious what other HR leaders are saying? Read more here.
I’m optimistic that better communities will rise to support HR leaders in building better workplaces of the future.
If you’re over SHRM – you can always join us in Safe Space. The code SHRMbs still gets you 25% off!
📚Additional Resources:
Check out this list my friend Tracie started putting together of over 65+ conferences, podcasts, retreats, etc. If you have a must know about resource you can even add that to the list!
Chevron overturned:
In June the Supreme Court overruled Chevron in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.
You may be wondering, why does this matter to HR???
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Well the OG case: Chevron U.S.A., Inc v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc established that courts must defer to a federal government agency’s reasonable interpretation of law because of their expertise.
Agencies (ex: DOL, EEOC, IRS, FDA, etc) were given authority to interpret and then implement legislation.
So overruling Chevron could lead to uncertainty for HR folks when it comes to labor and employment law, policy implementation and general uncertainty.
📚Additional Reading:
- What HR can expect after Chevron
Coffee badging:
Who loves coffee and social convos?
✨THIS GAL RIGHT HERE. ✨
☕The media has coined its newest *bleugh* term: coffee badging
Essentially articles have coined this term to describe employees coming into the office for a few hours to “show face” then dipping and going home to finish work.
I see no problem whatsoever with this!
In-person time is great for connection and getting to know your coworkers and remote work is great for flexibility and freedom.
Frankly, I’m tired of employees being demonized literally everything.
CAN EMPLOYEES JUST LIVE???
The bottom line: I think creating the flexibility for employees to show up when they want and choose where they do their best work is the best approach.
Don’t let this new term drag you down, in fact maybe embrace it??
Create office hours for employee to swing by grab coffee and socialize and then let them pick if they want to stay or go home to finish work.
Forcing your employees to show up in the office isn’t going to improve engagement.
Creating cool new ways to connect? Now that might be a strategy that actually works…
The boys are fighting…
IDK how online you are. Me? I dabble in a few platforms.
I thrive on Linkedin but every now and then I’ll pop over to Twitter to see what’s up.
And this past week DID NOT DISAPPOINT.
The boys are fighting y’all. The boys being prominent figures in the VC/Tech space.
The debate started with this tweet.
If you’ve worked in HR you probably know who Parker Conrad is or at least heard of his current company Rippling. Rippling was most recently valued at $13.5B!!!!!! BTW: he also cofounded Zenefits.
His tweet started a bit of a back and forth between a few folks.
Here’s a thread recapping the backstory so you get the download on how we got to this past week.
And this article gives some additional information about who was involved and why.
It was eye opening to witness this back and forth and watch as other founders and VC members got involved in the conversation.
Ultimately, there’s a lot we don’t know about what happened behind closed doors but this exchange was certainly one for the books.
📚Additional Reading:
Talk to me
Since I basically just talked about what everyone outside HR has been chit chatting about – what about the conversations we’re having INTERNALLY?
Or more like, the conversations we’re afraid to have internally…
Well that’s next week’s topic.
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