Employment & Benefits Unpacked

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Welcome to Employment & Benefits Unpacked, where we dive into the many employment, benefits, and mobility issues facing organizations across jurisdictions. Each episode is hosted by a different Mayer Brown lawyer from our global Employment & Benefits group, offering fresh perspectives and insights for employers, HR professionals, and in-house counsel.

  1. DEC 22 · VIDEO

    One Big Beautiful Bill Act Part 3 Executive Pay IRC 162 Changes Alternative Minimum Tax Considerations and the New Section 4960 Landscape

    Join us for this three-part series covering how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reshapes the workplace benefits conversation. This series features Ryan Liebl, Hillary August, and Stephanie Vasconcellos who provide insight into the benefits and compensation specifics of this new legislation. Part 3 spotlights updates in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act impacting executive compensation, including a summary of the further expansion of the application of the limitation deduction in Code Section 162(m) for certain companies, the further expansion of the application of the excise tax on nonprofits for executive compensation paid to certain covered employees, and the changes in alternative minimum tax and the importance of the alternative minimum tax to employers who grant incentive stock options. Tune in for clear and actionable takeaways you can use with your leadership team, your HR team, and your workforce.

    19 min

  2. DEC 15 · VIDEO

    One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Part 2: Leveraging "Trump Accounts" for Financial Wellness, Benefit Plan Design, and Health Savings Plan Specifics

    Join us for this three-part series covering how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reshapes the workplace benefits conversation. This series features Hillary August, Stephanie Vasconcellos, and Ryan Liebl who provide insight into the benefits and compensation specifics of this new legislation. Part 2 spotlights the new Trump accounts and how you can leverage them to kick start long term financial wellness. We dive into dependent care benefits, added flexibility for health savings accounts, and practical takeaways for plan design, compliance, and employee engagement. Tune in for clear and actionable takeaways you can use with your leadership team, your HR team, and your workforce.

    27 min

  3. NOV 25 · VIDEO

    One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Part 1: Deductions for Tipped Wages, Overtime Breaks, and the New Fringe Benefits Playbook

    Join us for this three-part series covering how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reshapes the workplace benefits conversation. This series features Hillary August, Stephanie Vasconcellos, and Ryan Liebl who provide insight into the benefits and compensation specifics of this new legislation. Part 1 spotlights new, tax breaks for tipped and overtime pay, updated employer reporting expectations, and a reset on fringe perks. Tune in for clear and actionable takeaways you can use with your leadership team, your HR team, and your workforce.

    28 min

  4. OCT 17 · VIDEO

    Navigating Employment Investigations: What Are the Key Steps?

    In this episode of Employment and Benefits Unpacked, Chris Fisher, head of Mayer Brown's UK Employment and Benefits Group, and Hagen Köckeritz, head of the Employment and Benefits Group in Germany, share a practical playbook for internal employment investigations amid rising complaints and regulatory scrutiny. They discuss when to take a formal or informal approach, how to preserve evidence and maintain confidentiality, and how to select an impartial investigator while navigating privilege pitfalls across jurisdictions. The conversation also covers scoping, interviews, data privacy and cross border constraints, and how to document findings and decide next steps. Listen for concise, actionable guidance that helps employers, HR and in house teams run credible, defensible employment investigations.

    22 min

  5. JUL 23 · VIDEO

    International Travel to the US Today

    In our first episode, Mayer Brown partners Grace Shie and Morgan Bailey unpack the recent Presidential Proclamation suspending travel to the United States for citizens of certain countries. Grace and Morgan discuss what this "travel ban" means for international travelers, including the impact to employers and their mobile workforce.

    20 min

  6. 10/06/2022

    Claiming legal privilege over a grievance investigation report

    In this episode of the Mayer Brown employment podcast, head of the London Employment Group, Chris Fisher, looks at a case where a client was unable to claim legal privilege over the original version of an investigation report, despite having sent it to their external lawyers for advice before it was issued to the employee: the case of University of Dundee v. Chakraborty.

    9 min

  7. 06/06/2022

    Enforcing Non-compete Clauses: the Importance of Delay and the Balance of Convenience

    In this episode, Chris Fisher looks at the recent Court of Appeal decision in Planon v Gilligan where the employer was refused an injunction to enforce a non compete clause because of the loss of income that the employee would have suffered and the two month delay before the employer issued its proceedings.

    12 min

  8. 05/03/2022

    Special DE&I Podcast - Equal Pay Settlement for US Women's National Soccer Team

    In our special DE&I podcast series we deal with topics in the area of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I). Each episode will focus on a particular DE&I initiative or issue. In this episode, host Chris Fisher interviews Mayer Brown partners Nicole Saharsky and Marcia Goodman who represented the US women's national soccer team in their recent landmark equal pay claim.

    18 min
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Welcome to Employment & Benefits Unpacked, where we dive into the many employment, benefits, and mobility issues facing organizations across jurisdictions. Each episode is hosted by a different Mayer Brown lawyer from our global Employment & Benefits group, offering fresh perspectives and insights for employers, HR professionals, and in-house counsel.

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