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In this podcast recorded at Ogletree Deakins’ national Workplace Strategies seminar, Director of Career Development Marcia Stokes, Ph.D., and Board Member Diana Nehro discuss how “behavioral styles” can impact trust and communication in addition to how employees and managers can leverage their styles and those of their team to minimize conflict and misunderstanding. As the creator of the Building Team Effectiveness DISC workshop—a behavioral assessment tool that is used to understand how our observable behaviors are being perceived by others, Marcia explains how DISC can be used to help teams communicate more effectively by intentionally tapping into the strengths of team members’ communication styles. Diana (shareholder, New York/Boston) also explains how she has put these tools into practice as chair of the firm’s Cross-Border Practice Group.

In this episode of our TECHPLACE™ Talk podcast series, Jenn Betts, who is co-chair of the firm’s Technology Practice Group, is joined by Scott Kelly and Lauren Hicks to discuss the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) first detailed guidance on federal contractors’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated systems. Scott (chair of Ogletree’s OFCCP Compliance, Government Contracting, and Reporting Practice Group) and Lauren review employer obligations, potential risks that arise with AI, and practice pointers. The speakers note that non-federal contractor employers may find the OFCCP guidance helpful when developing best practices.

In this episode of our Cross-Border Catch-Up podcast series, Shirin Aboujawde (New York) and Eric Lee (New York) discuss significant amendments to Japan’s discretionary labor system. The amendments require employers to specify, in their employment agreements, whether there will be changes to the location and scope of employment and to state renewal limits for fixed-term contracts. Eric and Shirin, both of whom are members of the firm’s Cross-Border Practice Group, also address the steep legal standard for termination of employment in Japan and the narrow exemption from overtime. They wrap up with a discussion of new health and safety requirements related to rest periods, late-night work, and limits on working hours.

In this episode of our Cross-Border Catch-Up podcast series, Shirin Aboujawde and Eric Lee highlight recent labor and employment developments from around the globe. Shirin and Eric, both of whom are members of Ogletree Deakins’ Cross-Border Practice Group, review the new mandatory leave entitlements in Italy and comment on the challenge for cross-border employers to develop compliant policies as parental leave protections expand in Singapore. They also review the trend of broader pay equity laws, such as those recently adopted in Shanghai and Brazil; a new measure in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that requires employers to hire UAE nationals; and an Australian law that forbids employment discrimination against employees suffering from family and domestic violence.

In this episode of the Cross-Border Catch-Up, Shirin Aboujawde (of counsel, New York) is joined by Skye Hao (associate, Atlanta) for a fast-paced review of Shirin’s 5 favorite jurisdictions worldwide for employers. Shirin offers a synopsis of the employment law landscape in Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates. Skye and Shirin discuss the favorable factors in these jurisdictions’ employment laws, such as whether they offer employees a right to reinstatement; the extent that they require payments at the end of the employment relationship; the ease with which employers can terminate the employment relationship (including caps on damages); and the ease with which employers can make changes to the terms and conditions of employment.

In this podcast, shareholders Kevin Bland (Orange County) and Karen Tynan (Sacramento) discuss California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA). Karen, who is the West Coast chair of Ogletree’s Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group, and Kevin have a wide-ranging conversation touching on all aspects of Cal/OSHA, from organizational structure to the roles played by inspectors, district and regional managers, and the legal unit. They also share tips on how Cal/OSHA differs from federal OSHA and other state plans.