The Higher Ed Workplace Blog

On January 15, 2020, CUPA-HR, the American Council on Education (ACE), and other higher ed associations, filed comments in response to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for student workers.

To fully understand and embrace the changing role of higher ed HR, we must first acknowledge and connect our work to the most pressing challenges of our institutions.

In the December 16, 2019, Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published its final rule clarifying and updating the regulations governing the regular-rate requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

As a higher ed HR pro, you’re in the perfect position to identify mentors and mentees at your institution and to foster these relationships. To coincide with National Mentoring Month, here are some resources to help you kick start a mentoring program at your institution.

CUPA-HR General Counsel Ira Shepard highlights some recent rulings around an age and sexual orientation discrimination lawsuit, a Title IX coordinator claiming retaliatory discharge, and proposed legislation to protect graduate-student-worker unions.

On November 20, the Trump Administration released its Fall 2019 Unified Regulatory Agenda and Regulatory Plan, providing the regulated public with a detailed glimpse into the regulatory policies and priorities under consideration by 59 federal departments, agencies and commissions.

CUPA-HR’s Higher Ed HR Magazine and Higher Ed Workplace blog are full of articles and stories highlighting new and innovative ways to do HR (from institutions and organizations who have been there, done that). In case you missed them, here are some highlights from the magazine and the blog from the past year.

Yves Salomon-Fernández, president of Greenfield Community College and adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, shares her perspective on hiring university leaders who are not afraid to lead, are not afraid of change.

CUPA-HR General Counsel Ira Shepard highlights some recent rulings around disability discrimination, university disciplinary procedures, ADA discrimination, tenured professors and retaliation claims.

For colleges and universities to attract top talent to fill the pipeline of future institution leaders, higher ed HR leaders must consider their recruitment process from the candidate’s perspective, recognize the importance of positive onboarding experiences and the lasting effects they have on new hires and current employees, and adapt to the changing needs of today’s employees.