In this episode, Leah M. Stiegler, principal attorney at Woods Rogers, shares practical solutions for a variety of challenges, like love at work, pregnancy at work, discord at work, harassment at work, and working overtime. She talks about gender identity protections, implicit biases, and microaggressions, plus conducting administrative investigations, and ideas to mitigate risk, stay out of court, and maintain a positive work environment. Enjoy now!
The Authors: Juan C. Enjamio (jenjamio@huntonak.com) is managing parter of the Miami office of Hunton Andrews Kurth where he dedicates his practice to complex domestic and international employment law matters. Steven J. DiBeneditto Jr. (sdibeneditto@huntonak.com) is a Washington, DC-based associate in the firm’s employment and labor group. Interviews with leading attorneys and other subject matter experts on new twists in the law and how the law is responding to new twists in the world. Employers Be WARNed Workforce Reduction Rules Meet New Workplace Definitions as Employees Go Remote "Numerous courts have opined that a “home base” is a place in which the employee has some sort of physical connection. But this connection must be more than a “notional” base, whereby the employee has a menial relationship." Introduction A common sentiment during the Covid-19 pandemic was that a different society would emerge from its ashes. While overstated in many cases, one segment of society that appears to have changed for good is the white collar workplace. Indeed, after enjoying the flexibility of working from home for more than 2 years, many white collar workers are demanding that a remote work option remain a permanent fixture at their place of employment. And with seemingly no negotiating leverage due to worker shortages across the [...]
The Author Stefani C Schwartz is Senior Managing Partner at the Hatfield Schwartz Law Group LLC. She has devoted her career to representing and advising employers in the complete spectrum of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination. Stefani is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Emerging Issues in Litigation. Interviews with leading attorneys and other subject matter experts on new twists in the law and how the law is responding to new twists in the world. Workplace Investigations: Proactive Assessments Mitigate the Risk of Costly Litigation in a Newly Remote Environment "Investigations are a straightforward, efficient, and effective way to combat the risk of litigation because they reflect the best aspects of the employer–employee relationship: understanding, respect, communication, and shared goals." Abstract: “Bullying, discrimination, sexual harassment and other forms of workplace misconduct can create a crisis for any company—and trying to ignore or cover it up will make a bad situation worse.” That’s the warning from a December 2021 article for Forbes, which goes on to say that in addition the damage to an employer’s reputation, a study by workplace misconduct reporting service Vault Platform found that workplace misconduct cost U.S. businesses more than $20 billion in 2021. In this article, the [...]
