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10 HR Myths That Could Get Employers in Trouble

"We're in an at-will state." "She never said the words 'reasonable accommodation.'" Many of the most expensive HR mistakes begin with something that sounds like common se

Why Employees Ignore Their Benefits and How HR Can Help

Companies spend real money on benefits their employees might not understand. Mary McNally of AIM HR Solutions joins Pete Wright to talk about why that happens, and why th

AI at Work: The HR Questions Companies Are Facing Now

AI has been showing up at work for years — but now the questions are unavoidable. Pete Wright talks with Kyle Pardo and Terry Cook from AIM HR Solutions about the real AI

Workplace Investigations with Sarah Piscatelli and Tom Jones

Every HR professional knows the feeling: a complaint comes in, and you sense that whatever you do next could be read back to you under oath. This week, Pete Wright sits d

Pre-Hiring Assessments: Smarter Hiring or Hidden Risk?

Employers love the idea of a hiring tool that does the hard work for them — a test that surfaces the right candidate before the interview even starts. But the gap between

Orientation & Onboarding with Kyle Pardo & Annette Dupree

Here's a question worth sitting with before we get into it: when's the last time a new hire walked into your organization and really landed? Not just completed their pape

Manufacturing HR Shifts, Safety, and the Weight of Plant Life with Terry Cook & Stacey Wenczel

Manufacturing is one of those environments that exposes every gap in your HR infrastructure fast. When you're covering three shifts, managing safety committees, handling

Taking Family Leave: What People Wish They Knew with Sarah Piscatelli and Mary McNally

Bonding leave sounds straightforward: an employee has a baby, takes time off, and returns to work. But Sarah Piscatelli and Mary McNally from AIM HR Solutions know that t

Recalibration 2025: Federal Contractors, Remote Work, and the Morale Crisis

The workplace in 2025 feels like it's moving at double speed. Federal contractors saw affirmative action requirements disappear virtually overnight. DEI programs have gon

Leaves & Accommodations: The HR Playbook for Getting It Right

There is a specific moment in the life of a Human Resources professional that is fraught with a peculiar kind of tension. It happens when a door opens, an employee sits d

Return to Office, Reduction in Force: HR’s Toughest Balancing Act

There’s a moment every HR professional remembers — that first email, that first conversation, that first tremor in the air when “return to office” stopped being a policy

Pay Transparency Starts Here: What to Do Before October 29

We like to think numbers are neutral. Post a range, satisfy a rule, move on. But in practice, a salary range is a story: a public promise about who you are as an employer

When Policy Meets People: Immigration and HR

We like to think the workplace is a place of routine—a clock in, clock out kind of world. But for many immigrants, and for the employers who hire them, work has become a

Human in the Loop: Using AI in HR Without Losing the “Human”

AI is already showing up in HR, whether it’s writing job posts, drafting performance reviews, or powering employee chatbots. But when does it actually help, and when does

You Asked, We Answered!

This one’s a little different. You asked what’s keeping you up at night—and Pete, Sarah, and Terry actually answered. From the deceptively simple (Can someone choose unp

Tough HR Questions • Keeping Engagement Real Amid Workplace Risks

A CEO hosts a party to boost morale—and ends up with a workers’ comp claim. A casual breakroom conversation erupts into political tension. A flexible work request trigger

Pay Transparency 101 with Kyle Pardo

When we talk about workplace culture, we often focus on perks—remote work, flexible schedules, and ping-pong tables in the breakroom. But underneath it all, there’s somet

Tough HR Questions • When HR Gets Personal

There’s a particular moment—somewhere between noticing a scent that shouldn’t be there and sitting someone down to talk about it—that HR becomes more than just policy. It

Tough HR Questions • Bereavement Leave, Fake Doctor’s Notes, and Workplace Recordings

Think about trust. Trust is the invisible currency of the workplace. It’s the unspoken agreement between employer and employee that we’ll act in good faith, that we’re al

HR's Juggling Act in Manufacturing: Recruitment, Training, and Retention

In this episode of Human Solutions, Pete Wright sits down with two seasoned HR professionals—Lucille Ward from Package Steel Systems and Terry Cook from AIM HR Solutions—