eDiscovery Needs Digital Forensics for a Mobile World
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 33: Generations in the Workplace with Caroline Warner of The South Carolina Power Team, Part 1
The Chat Effect: Improving eDiscovery Workflows for Modern Collaboration Data
The Human Connection: How to Engage Your Remote Workforce
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 18: Sven Burchartz, Kalus Kenny Intelex | Australia
Employment Law Now IV-65- The Great Debate Part 2: Employee Lawyer vs. Employer Lawyer
Compliance Perspectives: The Impact of Workplace Loneliness
What’s Next? Podcast: Exploring law firm culture through a design lens with IDEO
Podcast - Risk Management: Troubleshooting & Problem Solving
II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
I-24 – Thankful for Volume 1, 2017, and Relationships
Day 3 of One Month to 360-Degrees of Communications in Compliance-The D&B Experience
I-17 – Engaging Your Employees in Today’s Workplace, Featuring Rick Turner at Whirlpool Corporation
Episode 23: Using “People Analytics” to Make Smart Business and Corporate Culture Decisions
When a union election petition suddenly lands on the desk of human resources, or an employer is otherwise confronted with a union’s demand for recognition, many employers find themselves caught off guard. It’s easy to assume...more
For this two-part series on generational differences in the workforce, Tina and Jennie sit down with Caroline Warner, the Director of Community Development at The South Carolina Power Team. Caroline shares her insights on how...more
People in the workplace communicate more often and via more methods than ever before. Quite often, many of these methods of communication—emails, text messages, and instant messages on platforms like Slack or social media—are...more
During Ward and Smith’s annual Employment Law Symposium, three attorneys provided insights on a fictional construction company's reaction to a serious job site accident. In the session, the attorneys shed light on key issues...more
Onboarding is a critical process that sets the tone for a new employee’s experience and ultimately impacts their success within your organization. As an onboarding coordinator, you must ensure that each new hire feels...more
Imagine a workplace where everyone takes ownership of their actions, meets deadlines consistently, and holds themselves accountable for delivering quality work. Such an environment fosters trust, encourages innovation, and...more
The world of workforce communication looks vastly different from 2020, including an increased blur between personal and business communications due to remote work environments and access to instant messaging and...more
Mass shootings have been increasingly in the headlines in recent years, and many of these incidents have occurred in the workplace. Regardless of anyone’s politics, employers are having to face either the fear of, or the...more
As transgender employees become more comfortable living openly as their authentic selves in the workplace, employers should be prepared to work with transitioning employees. Consider putting a plan in place that fosters an...more
While Oregon has enjoyed a relatively mild spring, summer is right around the corner—and with it comes the risks of extreme heat and wildfires. Although Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Oregon OSHA)...more
Following up on the new excessive heat rules, Oregon has issued temporary rules to protect employees from wildfire smoke, which will remain in place for six months while the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health...more
The fall from grace in the #MeToo era continues; this time, it’s Governor Andrew Cuomo. This past week the New York State Attorney General released a report concluding that Cuomo had sexually harassed multiple women and...more
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. As the virus continues to spread, health officials and governmental authorities have enacted responsive measures and published guidelines aimed at...more
Intolerance of minorities and differences continues to be evident in society and, thus, will also be present in workplaces. While it is true employers have a legal obligation to prohibit adverse employment actions or...more
Attention, Connecticut employers. October 1, 2019, marks the implementation of two new Connecticut laws. First, Connecticut will begin gradually increasing its minimum wage on October 1, 2019, raising the minimum wage to...more
California lawmakers passed over a dozen employment-related bills last year that imposed new or different obligations on California employers. Just as employers may be finally settling into the new world order and getting...more
• The training requirements of the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act went into effect on April 1, 2019. The new requirements add to those already in place for New York City firms under the New York Labor Law (NYLL). •...more
New Jersey has joined the ranks of California, New York, Massachusetts, and Washington D.C. in adopting legislation that will gradually increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour for most employees. The legislature...more
Join Milwaukee attorneys Sarah Platt and Christine Bestor Townsend as they discuss how things have changed for employers in the era of #MeToo....more
On October 1, 2018, New York State released final model sexual harassment materials and compliance guidance in response to comments received during its open comment period, discussed in more detail in a previous blog article....more
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, I have clients wanting to know what they can do both to improve their workplace and protect themselves. They all have good policies and regularly train supervisors and employees on them. So...more
As previously reported in a prior article, in May 2018, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act (the “Act”). The Act provides, among other things, starting September 6, 2018,...more
Earlier this year, we wrote about the sweeping legislative changes enacted by New York State and New York City aimed at preventing workplace sexual harassment in the wake of #MeToo. Now, the NYC Commission on Human Rights...more
With the summer (and many vacations) now in full swing, it would be easy for employers to miss the anti-sexual harassment protections that were added to the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (NY CPLR) and New York’s...more
• New York employers must prepare to provide required sexual harassment training to employees. • Employers in New York must review and revise written employment policies to comply with heightened requirements. • New...more