This week, you will interview a Human Resources (HR) Representative at your company. If your company does not have an HR representative, talk to a friend or family member who works in the HR field. Find out and document the answers to the questions listed below. After recording the responses, provide a paragraph summarizing your thoughts concerning the information you learned and your thoughts relative to how that HR representative might improve upon his/her knowledge in the field (do not share your thoughts with that HR representative). Please label each section with the questions listed below.
• What type of training did you receive in order to perform your job?
• Did you receive training on statutes such as ADA, FMLA, ADEA, and Title VII?
• Which statutes do you find yourself dealing with most often?
• Describe the most challenging employee problem you had to deal with related to one of those statutes, and how was it resolved (omit the name(s) of the employees)?
• What are the most common/routine types of employee relation issues that you encounter?
• Do you interact with legal counsel, either house counsel (in-house), hired outside counsel to represent the company, or opposing counsel representing the employee? Which ones, and how often?
• What dispute resolution mechanisms does your company utilize when trying to resolve employee relation concerns?
If you could give one piece of job advice to a new HR representative on how to best handle his or her new responsibilities, what would it be?
Papers should follow APA formatting guidelines and include a properly formatted cover page and reference page (if needed) and must be submitted as an MS Word document attachment with all resources properly cited and referenced. APA formatting assistance is available via the Library link in the course and also on the Purdue OWL website.
