Unethical treatment of employees with children, poorly conceived Covid-19 procedures - Consultant Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes Employee Review

Thank you for sharing your experience and for your perspective. While some of it can be hard to hear, it is important to know how policies are communicated at learning centers and perceived by staff. We are grateful for the work you do with students and happy you find it, and your relationships with your colleagues, overall fulfilling and positive. We do want to address a few areas of concern and hope that you find the responses helpful and will reach out to Human Resources on these and anything else for support. 1)Thank you for the feedback about our student-based schedule. While instruction staff are made aware of scheduling expectations before onboarding, we understand that in practice the variability doesn't always work out. We continue to strive to improve communication and operations in this area. 2)From your description, it may be the case that policies including paid sick time when caring for a child and designated time off for school-related activities are not being implemented as intended at the Learning Center. If that is the case, please get in touch with HR to provide information and assistance. 3)Like many organizations, we have and will continue to face business challenges during this unprecedented time of COVID-19. During stay-at-home orders, we shifted quickly to temporary online instruction. Together we provided uninterrupted instruction to many but not all of our students. As you describe, having instructors lead sessions from the Learning Center is preferable as it alleviates tech challenges, and many families require that their students receive in-center instruction. Also, in-center instruction provides additional opportunities for collaboration and session oversight by our Learning Center leaders. On a location-by-location basis, we offer in-person instruction following local and state guidelines for reopening and the infection control recommendations provided by the CDC and OSHA. Any safety concerns about your location should be reported immediately to your supervisor, HR, and/or the COVID-19 support team. We understand this is a stressful time. And that our employees and their families have been through a lot. Employees recently received additional sick and vacation time and we hope that is helpful for immediate needs for time away. As a reminder, Lindamood-Bell provides 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) where you and members of your household can get free confidential counseling and other services. While we appreciate your candor in this forum you are encouraged to reach the HR Department by email with your specific concerns at support.hr@lindamoodbell.com or (805) 546-5693.