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Policy Matters

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Policy issues often have long term widespread and pervasive impact on businesses. Not only can new governmental policies significantly affect the climate for business innovation and growth, they create precedents that affect future legislation and potentially spread across jurisdictions. Each installment of the Policy Matters Podcast will provide timely updates regarding potential adverse impacts on benefits that policy changes can have on industry growth and offer a preview of what’s next in the competitive marketplace.

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Episode 6: How California’s Controversial Worker Classification Test Could Affect Federal Policy 29.01.2021 13:40

Often, what happens in California is a good bellwether for what could happen in the policy space on a federal level. And we believe worker classification is no different. In this episode, Seyfarth Counsel Scott Mallery and Seyfarth Partner Eric Lloyd provide an overview of where the law on misclassification at the federal level stands today, the background and impact of AB 5 and AB 2257 in Califor...

Episode 5: It’s Physics: The Longer the Impeachment, the Slower the Velocity of Change 20.01.2021 12:10

The House of Representatives impeached Donald Trump for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired. The adopted article of impeachment, "incitement of insurrection," alleged that Trump incited the storming of the United States Capitol on January 6, and referenced his January 2 phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger seeking to find votes to overturn...

Episode 4: Marty Walsh, Secretary of Labor Nominee 08.01.2021 5:14

In this episode, Scott Hecker, Senior Counsel in the Labor and Employment department of Seyfarth’s Washington, DC office, discusses new Labor Secretary nominee, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. With the Democratic sweep of the Georgia runoff elections, and his election victory now certified by Congress, President-elect Joe Biden named Mayor Walsh as his nominee for Secretary of Labor. The next Labor Secr...

Episode 3: Senate Flip Suggests Quicker Path to Success for Biden, Agenda 07.01.2021 13:55

The recent victories in Georgia by Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock suggest an easier path for President-elect Joe Biden to enact his agenda. Following an unprecedented day in American political history, Scott Mallery, Counsel in Sacramento, and Scott Hecker, Senior Counsel in Washington, DC, touch on the events of the last 24 hours before turning to a discussio...

Episode 2: What to Expect When You're Expecting a Biden-Harris OSHA 07.01.2021 7:40

In a Biden-Harris Occupational Safety and Health Administration, we will see increased enforcement and regulation. Publicity as deterrence will make its triumphant return. Employers should be prepared for not only an enhanced COVID-19 response, but also activities in other OSHA areas (e.g., recordkeeping, workplace violence, heat stress). In episode 2, Scott Hecker, Senior Counsel in Washington, D...

Episode 1: What to Expect Post-Inauguration in Labor and Employment 31.12.2020 10:15

We kick off our multipart series with a discussion on the special election taking place in Georgia right now and the potentially critical labor and employment topics related to the presidential transition. In episode 1, Leon Rodriguez, partner in the Washington, DC office, and Scott Mallery, counsel in Sacramento, cover: • The special election in Georgia and the difference the results can have in...