The Work Couch

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   In the first of a two-part series, host Ellie Gelder is joined by Jon Bartley , partner and Helen Yost , senior associate, both from our data advisory team to discuss data protection compliance in the employment context, and how to successfully navigate the key risk areas. We discuss:   Why data protection i...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   We kick off Season 3 with a look ahead to 2025, we will explore the employment law changes on the horizon as well as what you can be doing to prepare.   Ellie Gelder is joined by Kelly Thomson , partner and RPC's ESG lead, and trainee solicitor in our employment team, Mimosa Canneti, to discuss: Strengthened...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   Content warning: The following content deals with some challenging themes around disability discrimination.   Given the theme of this year's Disability History Month is disability, livelihood and employment, the Work Couch takes a deep dive into disability inclusion at work in a three-part mini-series with a...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   Content warning: The following content deals with some challenging themes around disability discrimination.   Given the theme of this year's Disability History Month is disability, livelihood and employment, the Work Couch takes a deep dive into disability inclusion at work in a three-part mini-series with a...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   Content warning: The following content deals with some challenging themes around disability discrimination.   Given the theme of this year's Disability History Month is disability, livelihood and employment, the Work Couch takes a deep dive into disability inclusion at work in a three-part mini-series with a...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   Handling disciplinary issues in the wrong way can lead to workplace conflict, legal risk and commercial headaches for employers. So what are the most tricky disciplinary issues that commonly arise, and how can employers navigate them?   Host Ellie Gelder is joined by Joanna Holford , senior associate in RPC'...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   On 10 October 2024, 100 days - or thereabouts - since Labour gained power, the government published the first draft of the Employment Rights Bill , a Bill which businesses and employment lawyers have been eagerly anticipating, and which commentators are saying heralds the most significant and far-reaching reform...

Content warning: The following page deals with themes around traumatic births, pregnancy loss, maternal deaths, and racism. Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment. As we celebrate Black History Month , the theme of which this year is reclaiming narratives, and as we also approach Baby Loss Awareness Week , the Work Couch is devoting a special episode to a ver...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment. Ahead of ADHD awareness month in October, we are devoting our latest deep-dive mini-series to the topic of neurodiversity. Given 15 to 20% of the UK population are neurodivergent - and more than half of Gen Z identify as "definitely" or "somewhat" neurodiverse - it is essential for employers to understand how neurodiver...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment. Ahead of ADHD awareness month in October, we are devoting our latest deep-dive mini-series to the topic of neurodiversity. Given 15 to 20% of the UK population are neurodivergent - and more than half of Gen Z identify as "definitely" or "somewhat" neurodiverse - it is essential for employers to understand how neurodiver...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment. Ahead of ADHD awareness month in October, we are devoting our latest deep-dive mini-series to the topic of neurodiversity. Given 15 to 20% of the UK population are neurodivergent - and more than half of Gen Z identify as "definitely" or "somewhat" neurodiverse - it is essential for employers to understand how neurodiver...

Trigger warning: The following content deals with some challenging themes including racism, crime, and alcohol and drug addiction.   Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   In our first live episode, recorded before a special audience, we were thrilled to kick off the British Retail Consortium's second annual diversity and inclusion conference hel...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   Following on from our previous episode on supporting and retaining senior talent , we explore how employers can best support and retain Gen Z talent.   In part 2, Ellie Gelder is joined once again by Rose Sellman-Leava , Director and Co-Founder of Inclusive Futures , a not-for-profit organisation empowering...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   Following on from our previous episode on supporting and retaining senior talent , we explore how employers can best support and retain Gen Z talent.   Ellie Gelder is joined by Rose Sellman-Leava , Director and Co-Founder of Inclusive Futures , a not-for-profit organisation empowering students from underrep...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment. To mark London Tech Week 2024 running from 10 -14 June, we are devoting a three-part mini-series to the topic of AI and how it interacts with, and affects, employment law and the world of work.   In our concluding part, host Ellie Gelder is joined once again by two leading experts on AI and the world of work: Jake...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment. To mark London Tech Week 2024 running from 10 -14 June, we are devoting a three-part mini-series to the topic of AI and how it interacts with, and affects, employment law and the world of work.   In part two, host Ellie Gelder is joined by two leading experts on AI and the world of work: Jake Wall , policy manager...

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment. To mark London Tech Week 2024 running from 10 -14 June, we are kicking off a new mini-series on AI to explore how it interacts with, and affects, employment law and the world of work.   In part one, host Ellie Gelder is joined by two of RPC's resident experts on AI: Olivia Dhein , knowledge lawyer in our commercial...

We are marking Mental health awareness week this month by devoting a four-part mini-series to mental health at work. In our concluding episode this week, Ellie is joined by Simon Blake OBE , Chief Executive at Mental Health First Aid England to explain the role of mental health first aid in the workplace.   We discuss:   ·     The purpose of mental health first a...

We are marking Mental health awareness week this month by devoting a four-part mini-series to mental health at work. This week, in part 3, Ellie is joined by Alice Hendy MBE , CEO and founder of charity R;pple Suicide Prevention to explain how employers can protect their employees' digital wellbeing.   We discuss:   ·     Alice's own experiences of losing her 21...

To mark Mental health awareness week this month, we are devoting a four-part mini-series to mental health at work. In part 2, Ellie is joined by the other key person from the incredible "Stranger on the bridge" story, Neil Laybourn , who on that fateful day in January 2008, stopped to talk to Jonny Benjamin , who was about to take his own life on Waterloo Bridge.   Like Jonny (who Ellie spoke...

To mark Mental health awareness week this month, we are devoting a four-part mini-series to mental health at work. In part 1, Ellie Gelder is joined by Jonny Benjamin MBE , whose incredible story touched many people all around the world when his search to find the stranger, who talked him down from taking his life on Waterloo Bridge, went viral with the hashtag #findMike.   We discuss:  ...

Whistleblowing commonly features in today's top news stories, recent examples including the Post Office and Horizon dispute, and the harrowing Lucy Letby case. It's also a notoriously complex, and sometimes misunderstood, area of employment law, which can present challenges for line managers, HR teams and business leaders.   In part 3 of our mini-series on whistleblowing, Ellie Gelder is join...

Addiction comes in many forms; it is often hidden and, due to social stigma, is rarely discussed. In the work context, addiction and dependency can raise complex challenges for line managers and HR teams.   In this week's Work Couch podcast episode, Ellie Gelder is joined by Charlotte Reid , senior associate in RPC's Employment, Engagement and Equality team and Eleena Misra KC , of Old Square...

Whistleblowing commonly features in today's top news stories, recent examples including the Post Office and Horizon dispute, and the harrowing Lucy Letby case. It's also a notoriously complex, and sometimes misunderstood, area of employment law, which can present challenges for line managers, HR teams and business leaders.  In part 2 of our mini-series on whistleblowing, Ellie Gelder is joine...

Kicking off part 1 of our mini-series on exploring the cost of untapped talent, we look at social mobility at work, inclusive hiring and the commercial drivers for generating social value.   Host Ellie Gelder is joined by two champions for social inclusion, James Fellowes and Chance Bleu-Montgomery from Bridge of Hope , a pioneering organisation that matches job-ready candidates from a pool o...