As Memorial Day approaches to usher in the unofficial start of the hot summer season, today's new episode analyzes two red-hot issues: This week's Supreme Court decision on class action waivers, and the staggering rise of web site accessibility lawsuits. Joining me for the latter issue is Scott Trachtenberg, the founder and CEO of a company called ADA Site Compliance, to help break down what web site accessibility means and what your company should be doing about it.
Download Podcast »Part 1 of 2: The Impact of Marijuana for Employers
This episode begins a two-part bonus series looking at the impact of recent marijuana regulation on employers. Today's part one episode features a roundtable discussion on the policies and politics of cannibis.
Download Podcast »II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
This episode flashes back to 1980's 9 to 5 workplace, and then goes back to the future to compare today's workplace of emoji harassment, a new game-changing overtime exemption rule, the 1st ever employer antitrust complaint (from the government), cybersecurity laws, and training managers to manage.
Download Podcast »II-30- Tackling 3 Big Wage and Hour Questions for Employers
Wage and hour issues continue to keep employers up at night, with new lawsuits and potential exposure not diminishing any time soon. Today's episode tackles three important questions in this area: the meaning and potential pitfalls of calculating an employee's regular and overtime rates (and the status of the "new" overtime regs), strategically using a fluctuating workweek compensation method to pay employees, and keeping up with the DOL's new rules on tipping. This episode features Mike's labor and employment colleague, Susan Eisenberg.
Download Podcast »II-29- E-Mail Curfews, the DOL's New Self-Audit Program, Social Media Discovery, and Other Noteworthy Employment Law Trends and Developments
This episode welcomes the start of Spring by addressing hot labor and employment developments on e-mail curfews, the DOL's new voluntary self-audit program, social media discovery in lawsuits, employees losing their protection under the NLRA, ADA essential job functions, and sexual orientation under Title VII.
Download Podcast »II-28 - The New Relaxed Intern Standard and Implications for Employers
Is your company thinking about your summer (and other) internship program? This episode presents an interview that Mike just gave on the Sirius XM Wharton Business Channel to discuss the United States Department of Labor's recent change in the test used to determine if an individual can be classified as an unpaid intern.
Download Podcast »II-27 - Our 1st Anniversary Special: Bringing Back Our Inaugural Guest to Discuss What Was and What Will Still Be With President Trump
Happy Anniversary! This podcast started one year ago today on February 1, 2017 with Howard Schweitzer prognosticating about what employers can expect with a new President Trump Administration. One year to the day, Howard returns to grade those year 1 predictions and offer his political insight on what employers can expect in Trump year 2.
Download Podcast »II-26 - Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
Is the Superbowl creeping into your workplace this week? Does Washington's new tax reform impact how you settle sexual harassment cases? Can you actually go to jail for signing a restrictive covenant? Is there a new kind of religious discrimination theory lurking? This episode addresses these significant new employment law issues.
Download Podcast »II-25 - Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for Employers in 2018
From federal agency changes to anticipated developments in sexual harassment, paid leave, overtime, and marijuana use, today's episode provides ten issues that employers should resolve to understand in the New Year.
Download Podcast »I-24 - Thankful for Volume 1, 2017, and Relationships
"It's the Relationships, Stupid." This final episode of 2017 looks back at the topics and guests from volume 1 of the podcast, and somehow ties former President Bill Clinton to today's operative premise in employer/employee relations.
Download Podcast »I-23- Stunning End-Of-Year NLRB Developments: An Extensive Interview With Former NLRB Associate General Counsel Barry Kearney
Thought 2017 would end quietly? The month of December has seen several stunning decisions by the NLRB which impact Obama-era precedent, and which will impact employers and employees going forward in 2018. Joining this episode is former Associate General Counsel of the NLRB, and current attorney at Cozen O'Connor, Barry Kearney to discuss these latest developments.
Download Podcast »I-22- The Benefits of Benefits: A Roundtable Discussion on Trending Benefits Issues for 2018
From tax and health care reform to employee wellness programs to even handheld electronic devices, why should your company be interested in today's hot benefits issues? In today's episode, a roundtable of benefits attorneys answers that question.
Download Podcast »I-21 - Sexual Harassment (Still), Political Tweeting, and Intersectional Discrimination
Good faith and timing means everything in employment law. This episode provides an update from DC, discusses questions employers should be asking in today's climate of troubling sexual harassment news, addresses noteworthy cases regarding the FMLA and political tweeting, and introduces an emerging claim: "intersectional discrimination."
Download Podcast »I-20 - Special Holiday Party Episode
This episode features a Top 10 list of tips to consider in order to avoid some holiday party mistakes for your company.
Download Podcast »I-19 - Part 2 of Interview on Conducting Internal Pay Equity Audits
Today's episode provides the second of my two-part interview with David Cohen on conducting internal pay equity audits.
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