New “Employment Law Now” Podcast Episode Released

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Michael Schmidt

WE’RE BACK…….!

After some technical glitches and related issues kept us off the airwaves since our last episode right before Memorial Day, I have just released a brand new “Employment Law Now” podcast episode. Today’s episode looks at the top 10 labor/employment developments from the Summer of 2018 that you may have missed. Among the issues discussed:

Employees secretly recording the workplace
New non-compete legislation
The unstoppable #MeToo movement
New FMLA forms, new FLSA opinion letters
Telling your employees what they can and can’t eat

We are BACK to new episodes twice a month, and BACK to it still being free to subscribe, download and listen. If you are not already a subscriber, and haven’t received today’s newest episode automatically (what are you waiting for, I said it’s free!!), here’s where you can find it and subscribe (and also get any of the past 33 archived episodes):

The episode and podcast is on iTunes HERE.
The episode and podcast is also on my dedicated web site HERE.

Thank you very much. Mike

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New “Employment Law Now” Podcast Episode

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Michael Schmidt

Are you concerned about the Superbowl creeping into your workplace this week? Wondering how the new tax reform impacts your company’s ability to settle sexual harassment cases? Concerned about newly-threatened criminal exposure for entering into certain of your restrictive covenants, and the extent to which religious discrimination theories may expand? Today’s brand new podcast episode attempts to address all of that in under 30 minutes.

If you are not already a subscriber, and haven’t received today’s new episode automatically, here’s where you can find it and subscribe (and also get archived episodes):

The episode is on iTunes HERE.
The episode is also on my dedicated web site HERE.

Thank you for listening.

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Tagged with: antitrust, Employment Law Now, employment law podcast, New York Employment Law, religious discrimination, restrictive covenants, sexual harassment and tax reform, Social Media And Employment Law, Superbowl
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Breaking NLRB Update – New “Employment Law Now” Podcast Episode

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Michael Schmidt

Did you think that 2017 would end quietly in the labor/employment world? As you all continue to wind down another year, the NLRB has spent the month of December issuing some stunning decisions that reverse Obama administration precedent and that will significantly impact employers and employees in 2018, whether unionized or not. Today’s new “Employment Law Now” podcast episode offers an extensive interview with the NLRB’s former Associate General Counsel (and current Cozen attorney) Barry Kearney to walk you through the big decisions from the past few weeks.

If you are not already a subscriber, and haven’t received today’s new episode automatically, here’s where you can find it and subscribe (and also get archived episodes):

The episode is on iTunes HERE.
The episode is also on my dedicated web site HERE.

Thank you for listening, and I hope you have a healthy and happy holiday and New Year.

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New “Employment Law Now” Podcast Episode

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Michael Schmidt

A new episode of my “Employment Law Now” podcast has just been released: The benefits of (knowing) benefits. From tax and health care reform, to employee wellness programs, to handheld electronic devices, why should your company be interested in today’s hot benefits issues as we approach the start of a new year? Joining today’s episode is a roundtable of benefits attorneys who answer that question.

If you are not already a subscriber, and haven’t received today’s new episode automatically, here’s where you can find it and subscribe (and also get archived episodes):

The episode is on iTunes HERE.
The episode is also on my dedicated web site HERE.

Thank you for listening.

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Tagged with: benefits lawyers, employee benefits, employment law podcast, health care reform, New York Employment Law, podcast, Social Media And Employment Law, tax reform
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New “Employment Law Now” Podcast Episode

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Michael Schmidt

Good faith and timing is everything in employment law, and a new episode of my “Employment Law Now” podcast has just been released today against the backdrop of that theme. In today’s episode, I pose 3 questions that employers should ask themselves in today’s climate of troubling sexual harassment news, address noteworthy decisions about the FMLA and political tweeting, and introduce a new emerging claim in employment law: “intersectional discrimination.”

If you are not already a subscriber, and haven’t received today’s new episode automatically, here’s where you can find it and subscribe (and also get archived episodes):

The episode is on iTunes HERE.
The episode is also on my dedicated web site HERE.

Thank you as always for listening.

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Tagged with: employment law podcast, FMLA, harassment investigation, intersectional discrimination, New York Employment Law, politics in the workplace, sexual harassment, Social Media And Employment Law, tweeting
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New Podcast Episode – “Employment Law Now”

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Michael Schmidt

Is your company thinking about the need to do an internal gender pay equity audit? Is your company unsure of how to get started, when and how to do a pay equity audit, and what to do if an issue arises in the course of the audit? I attempt to tackle those questions for you in today’s new podcast episode. In addition to providing an update on the joint employer and overtime initiatives in Washington, DC, I am joined by David Cohen of the DCI Consulting Group to discuss what you should be thinking about when it comes to gender pay equity audits. Today is Part 1 of my interview with David, with Part 2 coming in my next episode.

If you are not already a subscriber, and haven’t received today’s new episode automatically, here’s where you can find it and subscribe (it’s still free!):

The episode is on iTunes HERE.
The episode is also on my dedicated web site HERE.

Thanks as always for listening.

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Tagged with: Department of Labor, employment law podcast, gender equity, joint employer, joint employment, New York Employment Law, overtime exemption, pay equity, pay equity audit, Social Media And Employment Law
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