While you are working with HR on your hiring process, you find out that one of your employees is expecting a child, and you have 5 months to figure out a plan for cover the employees workload while she is on maternity leave for 12 weeks. Before moving on, think about this: Are there any tasks that you can delegate to others? Will you consider hiring a full-time temporary employee when your current employee goes on leave? OR will you choose to offer overtime to existing employees to cover the hours?

1. Write a brief job description, including the skills, requirements and experience needed for the new hire.

2. Then write a plan to submit to HR and the employee detailing how you will cover the work of the employee on maternity leave.