Suzanne Lucas spent 10 years in corporate HR and is recognized as one of the top influencers in Human Resources. She also runs a job board for HR jobs at Evil HR Jobs. You can find her writings and advice all over the internet with her archives at Evil HR Lady. You can also watch some of her speeches on her website.
Focuses on helping other people and companies be the best they can be
Spent ten years in corporate human resources
Recognized as one of the top influencers in human resources
Writings and advice across the Internet, archived on the "Evil HR Lady" website
Human resources and COVID-19 safety expert Suzanne Lucas will detail how you can use the CDC mask recommendations in your organization. You will learn what changes to make to your COVID-19 policies and safety practices.
What You'll Learn
What do the new CDC mask guidelines recommend?
How can you determine the COVID-19 risk level of your county?
Should you continue to require masks even if your state and county do not?
May you terminate employees who refuse to comply with your safety policies?
When should you expect people to return to your workplace?
How can you balance employee concerns and business/customer safety?
What important points should you include in your COVID-19 policies?
How do you handle employees with strong opinions vs. ADA exemptions?
COVID-19 human resources expert Suzanne Lucas will detail how you should update your organization’s approach to the coronavirus in 2022. You will learn the steps to take to implement policies and procedures.
What You'll Learn
Should you require testing and temperature checks?
Should you require vaccines for your employees?
May you terminate employees who refuse vaccines?
When should you expect people to return to work?
How can you balance employee concerns and business/customer safety?
What important points should you include in your COVID-19 policies?
How do you handle employees with strong opinions vs. ADA exemptions?
Human resources and COVID-19 safety expert Suzanne Lucas will detail how you should update your organization’s approach to the coronavirus in 2021. You will learn the steps to take to prepare for vaccine availability.
What You'll Learn
What should you do while you wait for vaccine roll-outs in your area?
Should you require testing and temperature checks in the interim?
When will the direct threat exception be lifted?
Should you require vaccines for your employees?
May you terminate employees who refuse vaccines?
When should you expect people to return to work?
How can you balance employee concerns and business/customer safety?
What important points should you include in your COVID-19 policies?
Human resources and COVID-19 safety expert Suzanne Lucas will explain what vaccination policies you can impose on your customers. You will learn the legal implications, appropriate practices, and expected business impacts.
Topics Covered
What are vaccine passports?
Can you require all your customers to be vaccinated?
Can you require your employees to be vaccinated?
What about children?
How does HIPAA apply?
What are the relevant requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act?
What are the current vaccination rates?
How can you balance supporting tourism vs. earning local business?
What are the differences between encouraging and requiring vaccination?
Human resources and COVID-19 safety expert Suzanne Lucas will detail how you should update your organization’s approach to COVID-19 based on the recent FDA approval, spread of the Delta variant, and increasing case rates.
Topics Covered
How are employee views about vaccine mandates changing?
What impact does full FDA approval have on mandating vaccination?
Should you require vaccines for your employees?
What pitfalls have other organizations experienced?
How should you communicate about vaccination policies?
May you terminate employees who refuse vaccines?
How can you balance freedom and safety arguments?
What important points should you include in your COVID-19 policies?
Human resources and COVID-19 safety expert Suzanne Lucas will answer these questions and more. You will learn how to update your organization’s COVID-19 policies and practices based on Biden’s speech and the accompanying executive orders.
Topics Covered
Is your organization obligated to impose vaccine or testing mandates?
What is the timeline for these new requirements?
Should you require vaccines for your employees?
May you terminate employees who refuse vaccines?
How can you balance employee concerns and business/customer safety?
What important points should you include in your COVID-19 policies?
Human resources expert Suzanne Lucas will explain how managers should respond to the new OSHA mandate. You will learn how to protect employees and your organization.
Topics Covered
May each employee choose between vaccination and testing, or should you decide at the organization or division level?
What role should managers plan in implementing a COVID-19 safety plan?
Who is exempt from mandatory vaccination?
How should managers respond to exemption requests?
Should managers authorize time off for vaccination and testing?
Who will pay for testing?
When must a manager require an employee to quarantine?
Human resources expert Suzanne Lucas will explain how managers should respond to the Supreme Court’s decision. You will learn how to protect employees and your organization.
Topics Covered
May each employee choose between vaccination and testing, or should you decide at the organization or division level?
What role should managers plan in implementing a COVID-19 safety plan?
Who is exempt from mandatory vaccination?
How should managers respond to exemption requests?
Should managers authorize time off for vaccination and testing?
Who will pay for testing?
When must a manager require an employee to quarantine?
Human resources expert Suzanne Lucas will give you a clear roadmap for creating lawsuit-ready HR documentation. You will learn when and how to make written records of employment activities in your organization.
Topics Covered
What does it mean to document something?
How should you use your internal systems?
What should you do when an employee tells you a personal secret?
When must you document information?
How do employee-specific records differ from general HR documentation?
How are PIPs your most important tool in preventing employee lawsuits?
Recruiting expert Suzanne Lucas will share the secrets of writing job descriptions that attract fantastic applicants. You will learn how to bring your organization to the top of candidates’ lists in today’s strong employment market.
Topics Covered
What do candidates really want to know from the job description?
What words should you include? Which should you leave out?
Why should you describe a typical day in the job?
Why is less more?
How can you use job titles to entice top talent?
Is honesty the best policy?
How can you ensure job descriptions comply with ADA requirements?
What shortcuts can you follow to create the best job descriptions?
Scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period.Wednesday, June 21, 2023; 1:00 PM Eastern
Human resources expert Suzanne Lucas will show you how to unleash the power of ChatGPT for employee evaluations. You will learn what prompts to use and how to customize the output.
What You'll Learn
How can ChatGPT help with writing employee evaluations?
What risks and legal concerns should you avoid?
Who owns the intellectual property of the content ChatGPT generates?
What should you consider when using AI for employee evaluations?
How can you tailor content for each employee and situation?
What specific ChatGPT prompts will help you write employee evaluations?
A veteran of delivering lousy news, Suzanne Lucas will share her secrets for difficult conversations. You will learn how to make these negative interactions more comfortable for everyone involved.
Topics Covered
How can you prepare for the bad news to soften the blow?
Why should you focus on listening?
What role does empathy play? Why is it essential?
Why is it kinder to be direct?
How can you support people after delivering bad news?
What is the difference between things you can fix and things you cannot?
