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A wise college professor of mine once told me, “the answer to life is more questions”. Never had this piece of advice resonated more than through my internship with SHRM/Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI).

Over the past 9 weeks, I was invited to intern in the Human Resources Department at SAG-AFTRA, a labor union that empowers and protects entertainers and artists around the nation. Throughout my internship, I was a sponge for knowledge as I shadowed key HR professionals including Internal Communications,...

Attending SHRM18 will be an experience that I will never forget.  In the middle of January, I received an email from SHRM inviting me to attend the 2018 SHRM Annual Conference being held in Chicago as a blogger.  I had tremendous support by Industrial U.I. Services & the Garden State Council – SHRM (GSC-SHRM).  Before I knew it, my flight & hotel were booked. The following six months flew by!  Now, I am writing this blog about a little over a month after the conference commenced.

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I’m going to bet that most of you have a daily routine; I know I do. My day consists of waking up, getting ready, driving to and from work (with work in between), resting, and then getting ready to do it all again the next day. Having a routine is a comfortable feeling, so why would anyone want to change and do something that scares them? Unfortunately, when we become too comfortable and the resistance to change kicks in, the ability to grow, improve, and reach for new goals comes...

I’ll wait patiently while you grab your pearls for clutching.

We know that the Family and Medical Leave Act permits eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of covered leave in a 12-month period. That leave can be taken in a continuous block. Or, it can be taken in your favorite form: intermittent.

Intermittent leave involves taking leave in separate blocks of time for a single qualifying reason. (Technically, employees can also use FMLA on a reduced leave schedule by reducing the employee’s usual weekly or daily work...