Matt Steinberg welcomes Humanyze CEO, Ben Waber, to discuss the growing science around people analytics -- the "big data" underlying day-to-day workplace interactions. Matt and Ben discuss how technology (e.g., 'next-gen' bluetooth and sensor-enabled employee ID badges) allows employers to collect and analyze impactful electronic and physical workplace data; how employers are effectively using people analytics to measure which employees/teams are interacting/collaborating, and where a lack of interaction/collaboration is hindering performance; the increased role people analytics should play before employers test/make key decisions on issues such as compensation, reporting relationships, and office configuration; and how people analytics can help frame thoughtful discussions around broader workplace issues, including gender bias and remote workforces.

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Matt welcomes Leigh Ollman, Director of AkermanX. Leigh drives the firm’s innovation initiatives with a special focus on R&D and social impact. In this episode, Leigh and Matt discuss how to build successful corporate responsibility programs, common challenges to anticipate, and why employers should engage employees in social impact programs which has been proven to not only help businesses connect with their communities, but also greatly enhances employee morale and fulfilment.

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Matt welcomes Above The Law Founder & Managing Editor David Lat to discuss how blogs, employee review aggregators, and other popular tech platforms have dramatically reshaped transparency in the employee/employer relationship; the increased public discourse about employees’ wages, benefits, and other aspects of their day-to-day jobs; practical tips for employers on how to operate in this increasingly transparent environment; how greater transparency might actually help employers in the long run; the potential next wave of transparent dialogue centering around diversity in the workplace and employees’ increased desire for a better work/life balance; and other key trends and takeaways.

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Matt welcomes Law360 Senior Employment Reporter, Vin Gurrieri, to discuss legal journalism in today's "Twitter culture." Topics include the importance of thought diversity and balanced content, the types of employment cases likely to attract media attention, and Vin's top five trending employment law issues – class action waivers, LGBTQ rights, innovation in the workplace, the shifting NLRB landscape, and managing intermittent leave.

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Matt welcomes prominent members of the NYC Plaintiff’s bar and mother-daughter guest team Laurie Berke-Weiss and Alex Berke to discuss the recent proliferation of state and local paid family leave statutes; paid family leave and the progressive movement; how millennials are shaping the debate; federal paid family leave proposals; benefits v. compliance for employers; and paid family leave law litigation and enforcement trends.

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Matt welcomes back colleague Rachel Schumacher to discuss the first case holding medicinal marijuana may be a reasonable accommodation.

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Matt welcomes colleagues Ray Berti and Becky Barrett to discuss the sudden proliferation of “Fair Workweek” laws, which are designed to ensure that workers have predictable schedules and paychecks, and “comp time” -- the concept by which employees opt for paid time off in lieu of overtime wages -- as well as the United States House of Representatives' recent partisan passage of the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017.

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Matt welcomes Claire McTaggart, founder of job-matching technology platform SquarePeg, to discuss the increased role of tech and predictive modeling in the area of human resources and talent acquisition; the importance of companies hiring for actual “fit”; the continued utility (if any??!!) of “the resume”; creative interview practices and strategies; the overlay between technological innovations and implicit bias, and why companies must remain vigilant to ensure diverse workplaces; whether robots will one day conduct all job interviews; and the important societal role technology can play in getting people back to work.

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Matt welcomes Victoria Lipnic, Acting Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), for a wide-ranging discussion regarding Chair Lipnic’s personal and professional background, the expansion of employers’ EEO-1 disclosure obligations (scheduled to take effect March 2018), the potential merger between the EEOC and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Chair Lipnic’s focus on EEOC job growth initiatives, best practices for employers to attract diverse workforces, EEOC scrutiny over settlement and release agreements, EEOC efforts to combat age discrimination in today’s workforce, and the recent EEOC Task Force which analyzed trends and concerns around harassment in the workplace.

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Matt welcomes Victoria Lipnic, Acting Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), for a wide-ranging discussion regarding Chair Lipnic’s personal and professional background, the expansion of employers’ EEO-1 disclosure obligations (scheduled to take effect March 2018), the potential merger between the EEOC and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Chair Lipnic’s focus on EEOC job growth initiatives, best practices for employers to attract diverse workforces, EEOC scrutiny over settlement and release agreements, EEOC efforts to combat age discrimination in today’s workforce, and the recent EEOC Task Force which analyzed trends and concerns around harassment in the workplace.

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