THASCS Talks (aka) BEERG Bytes

As we prepare for the European August holidays… I was going to say shutdown, but shutdown has taken on a new meaning over the past year… I thought it might be useful to try and take stock of the European-level employment and labour relations issues that BEERG member companies will face when we resume in September.

Tom Hayes chats with with Tom Kochan, professor of industrial relations, work and employment, at the MIT Sloan School of Management. In this edition, the two Toms discuss the current state of US industrial relations. They explore whether the system is broken, if it can be fixed and what the future holds for U.S. industrial relations. Recorded May 26th 2021

Tom Hayes chats with with Tom Kochan, professor of industrial relations, work and employment, at the MIT Sloan School of Management. In this edition, the two Toms discuss the current state of US industrial relations. They explore whether the system is broken, if it can be fixed and what the future holds for U.S. industrial relations. Recorded May 26th 2021

Tom Hayes discusses GDPR reform with the EPP's spokesperson on data privacy in the European Parliament, Axel Voss (CDU Germany). Mr Voss will shortly be publishing detailed reforms to update and modernise GDPR to take account of developments in digital technology and to make GDPR less cumbersome for both businesses and citizens. 

Anne Hill believes there has never been a better time for people to get into HR.  Tom Hayes chats with Anne, whose career has spanned 2 continents, 3 industries and working with Fortune 500 companies. They discuss her experience as a senior CHRO and her thoughts on the future for HR.

Tom Hayes examines the critical importance of knowing how to negotiate. He reflects on what he has learned in 50 years as a negotiator, especially what he was taught when starting out as a young trade union official in Dublin. He also analyzes the UK's approach to the Brexit talks as a case study of what not to do. 

In this podcast, Tom Hayes talks about the Irish government's review of collective bargaining and industrial relations structures in Ireland, as announced at the of March. Looks at the background to the review and the issues it can be expected to consider. There is also a BEERG Perspectives paper to accompany this podcast.   

Tom chats with german labour lawyer, Dr Buckard Goepfert about the legal right of German trade unions to digitally communicate with members and potential members.  

Tom chats with Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, about disinformation and digital hate on social media.

Tom Hayes chats with Annemarie Muntz, MD Global Public Affairs with Randstad and President of the World Employment Confederation about the future of work with, and after, Covid-19. Annemarie says the future of work is now and that the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated this evolution, not created it. Recorded in Sept 2020