Tobias Brinkmann, Miriam Everett and Sian McKinley explore the charged topic of monitoring staff via technology and assessing how such trends are changing the nature of work.

Speakers: Tobias Brinkmann (Counsel), Miriam Everett (Partner), Sian McKinley (Senior Associate)

In our latest podcast on diversity in pensions, Lynda Whitney, Partner at Aon and Susan Hoare, Partner and Head of Trustee Governance Service at Aon discuss their new Practical Diversity & Inclusion Guide for Trustees with Partner and Head of Employment, Pensions and Incentives, Samantha Brown. During the conversation, Lynda and Susan share:

• examples of the sorts of diversity and inclusion issues trustees face

• practical ways to identify and address unconscious bias in trustee decision making, and

• how to attract a diverse range of candidates onto a trustee board.

To access Aon's Guide, please click here: https://www.aon.com/getmedia/55b5e8a2-dde3-458a-8758-c4073bb0bde6/Aon-Practical-Diversity-and-Inclusion-for-Trustees.aspx

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As many organisations grapple with historical claims and the aggressive approach being adopted by the regulator, the Fair Work Ombudsman, this podcast briefing will provide practical guidance and insights for employers, including what we are seeing in relation to underpayment issues, self-reporting and our experience using external accounting firms to conduct compliance audits, and what do managers and directors need to do to manage the due diligence obligations under the Victorian wage theft laws, and what are the chances this will be expanded nationally.

Featuring partners Anthony Wood (Melbourne) and Anna Creegan (Perth), with Executive Counsel Wendy Fauvel (Brisbane) and Senior Associate Rommo Pandit (Sydney)

This podcast briefing is also available to watch as a video, which you can access here: https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/latest-thinking/australian-employment-industrial-relations-and-safety-webinars

Listen to the inaugural podcast launching our Women in Tech series.

In this monthly interview series we host a virtual fireside chat with a leading female figure in the technology sector to discuss their personal experience of working in the industry and their take on current opportunities and potential challenges. This month Alexandra Neri has had the pleasure of speaking with Google's Maria Gomri who shares her views on steps taken to support the growth of women within the industry and how one can flourish in today's environment.

Watch the video version here: https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/latest-thinking/women-in-tech

Alexandra Neri, Partner, Head of IP/IT, Herbert Smith Freehills

Maria Gomri, Head of Legal France, Middle East and North Africa, Google

In episode four, listen to part one of our panel event “Will tech eat our cities?” which was hosted in Sydney, Australia on 8 June 2021. Our hosts Nicholas Carney (Infrastructure Partner) and Peter Jones (Technology Partner) are joined by local guests Amy Brown (Chief Executive Officer, Investment NSW), Avi Naidu (Managing Partner, Taronga Ventures) and Tibor Schwartz (Senior Advisor, Asset Management, QIC Global infrastructure) to consider the role technology has to play in the future of our cities.

To listen to part two please click here: https://soundcloud.com/herbert-smith-freehills/future-cities-ep5-will-tech-eat-our-cities-panel-event-part-2

Anti-bribery and anti-competition enforcement trends and other developments

We take stock the status of corporate enforcement actions so far in 2021 under long-arm anti-corruption (US FCPA/UK Bribery Act) and anti-competition legislations/ regulations, and consider whether and how the enforcement agencies' approach might change in the remainder of the year and beyond. Should compliance teams be concerned and what can they be doing now?

In the third episode of our Japan Corporate Crime and Investigations Podcast Series, Yosuke Homma https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/our-people/yosuke-homma hosts Jeremy Birch https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/our-people/jeremy-birch, James Allsop https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/our-people/james-allsop and Joel Rheuben https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/our-people/joel-rheuben to discuss these issues.

Speakers: Yosuke Homma (Senior Associate, Tokyo), Jeremy Birch (Partner, Hong Kong), James Allsop (Of Counsel, Tokyo), Joel Rheuben (Senior Associate, Tokyo)

In the latest episode of our Public Law Podcast, Andrew Lidbetter, Nusrat Zar and Vikram Sachdeva QC of 39 Essex consider the Government’s recent consultation on judicial review following the Independent Review of Administrative Law submitted in January.

You can read more about the issues discussed in this episode in the following blog posts:

• HSF responds to Government’s Consultation on Judicial Review Reform https://hsfnotes.com/publiclaw/2021/05/14/hsf-responds-to-governments-consultation-on-judicial-review-reform/

• Publication of the Independent Review of Administrative Law’s Report and a Government Consultation into Judicial Review https://hsfnotes.com/publiclaw/2021/03/19/publication-of-the-independent-review-of-administrative-laws-report-and-a-government-consultation-into-judicial-review/

In episode five, listen to part two of our panel event “Will tech eat our cities?” which was hosted in Sydney, Australia on 8 June 2021. Panel host Nicholas Carney (Infrastructure Partner) is joined by local guests Amy Brown (Chief Executive Officer, Investment NSW), Avi Naidu (Managing Partner, Taronga Ventures) and Tibor Schwartz, Senior Advisor, Asset Management, QIC Global infrastructure) to continue the discussion on the role technology has to play in the future of our cities.

To listen to part one please click here: https://soundcloud.com/herbert-smith-freehills/future-cities-ep4-will-tech-eat-our-cities-panel-event-part-1

In this episode, Harry Edwards, Peter Butler and Kara Butler will discuss how to respond to a class action threat and the immediate steps that companies should take.

In episode 5, Emma and Rebekah are joined by their HSF colleague, Aaron Hayward, to talk about the recent decision on copyright and trade mark infringement in proceedings initiated by AGL over a Greenpeace advertising campaign targeting AGL.