The HR Leader and Health Care

The bill has passed and signed and now it's law. And as every HR professional knows, now the real work begins. Remember when FLSA was being updated and we all thought we'd finally have true clarity around exempt and non-exempt workers? I'm betting the regulations that follow this bill will be the most complex we've experienced.

For us in HR profession, sitting at this table, we have three immediate questions:

What do we tell our leadership team?

What do we tell the HR team?

What do we tell our employees (or our clients)?

Before we can tell anyone anything, of course, we need to learn. And that includes learning about cost, coverage, and options. It means learning more about benefit plans and offerings, more about employee needs and behaviors, more about what the CEO thinks, and what the CFO and lawyers think, too. It means figuring out who we need to be listening to and who we need to be talking to.

While everyone else is talking about the politics and reviewing who are "good guys" and who are the "bad guys" and whether this is the "best" or the "worst" thing America has done in a while, we have the opportunity to be a business leader in the HR space. Bring facts, bring trends, bring options, bring good questions and solutions. Our employees (and clients) need clarity for today and our leaders need options for tomorrow.

At this table, we don't come empty handed....or empty headed. We hope you'll accept our warm invitation to have a seat, share a cup of coffee, and offer your opinion about the best way for terrific HR folks to proceed. Who should we be learning from and what questions should we be asking? We'd love to hear from you!