This Week at Work: An HR and Employment Law Show
The only show to offer employers and Human Resource professionals practical and timely insights into the workplace
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This Week at Work is the only show about the workplace that offers you front row seats AND a microphone, featuring human resource professionals and experts in employment law to bring you practical, timely and accurate insights so you can more effectively lead your organization.
Join Phil, Burt, and other subject matter experts every Thursday at 7:30 am Central, for topics ranging from people management and compensation trends, to decoding the federal and local laws affecting your organization.
This Week at Work was proud to be the premier news source and sounding board for human resource professionals and business owners who fought for their businesses during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The feedback our podcast received was humbling - and you better believe we’ll be on the front line helping you build an even stronger workplace during the next crisis.
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Episodes
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
The NLRB's partnership with the DOJ and FTC, will bolster the focus on the 'gig economy', noncompetes, and other practices determined to harm workers. Are you at risk? Do you need to make changes? We come to you live from a fishing boat to share this breaking news, and to analyze what it might all mean for your organization.
4:14 - Behind the scenes of the DOJ and NLRB partnership
7:18 - Polling the listeners on the DOJ and NLRB partnership - are other HR professionals concerned?
8:34 - Can employers deduct from an employee's paycheck if they don’t return equipment?
13:08 - Is it ok to treat remote employees differently from on-site employees?
17:06 - The NLRB and DOJ memorandum and the protections it offers for workers of the ‘gig economy’
21:05 - The precedent this sets for other regulatory agencies and how to protect yourself from potential litigation
30:42 - The true intentions behind this memorandum - protecting the unions
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Friday Jul 22, 2022
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
The overturning of Roe v Wade could have implications in your workplace.
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
"I don't see color, I just see people." This phrase is often used as a way to indicate a lack of racism, but is in itself a microaggression. Luther Wright, Jr. joins the program to discuss.
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Microaggression is becoming a major issue to workers. For some, it gives a name to something that has harmed them for years. For others, it's another opportunity to point out how overly sensitive people have become. Whichever side of the coin you flip, it's coming up as conflict.
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Bullying, harassment, and discrimination... what is the difference and what should you do when they occur in your workplace?
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Today we discuss workplace conflict: has it risen, gotten more severe? Also, a judge dismissed a case filed by a Home Depot employee who alleged the company wrongly banned employees from wearing BLM slogans on their aprons.
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
As Elon Musk requires working from the office, we are beginning to see the return of some mask mandates as infection rates rise. OSHA has also been making more visits.
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Elon Musk has declared all employees must come back to the office full time. Meanwhile, unions are on the rise across the country.