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Welcome and thank you for joining us for this special edition of We get work™, live from Jackson Lewis' Workplace Horizons 2024 from the Lotte New York Palace in New York City and the Wynn in Las Vegas. What follows are high level conversations on conference programs and why they were important topics to present now.

Welcome and thank you for joining us for this special edition of We get work™, live from Jackson Lewis' Workplace Horizons 2024 from the Lotte New York Palace in New York City and the Wynn in Las Vegas. What follows are high level conversations on conference programs and why they were important topics to present now.

Welcome and thank you for joining us for this special edition of We get work™, live from Jackson Lewis' Workplace Horizons 2024 from the Lotte New York Palace in New York City and the Wynn in Las Vegas. What follows are high level conversations on conference programs and why they were important topics to present now.

Welcome and thank you for joining us for this special edition of We get work™, live from Jackson Lewis' Workplace Horizons 2024 from the Lotte New York Palace in New York City and the Wynn in Las Vegas. What follows are high level conversations on conference programs and why they were important topics to present now.

All multinational employers face the daily, daunting challenge of monitoring and addressing global labor, employment law, and immigration challenges.

SXSW is widely known for celebrating the convergence of tech, film, music, education, and culture. Selected to participate in this premier event, the Jackson Lewis Technology industry group, hosted a panel on how employers can advance their DEI initiatives.

Organizations implementing ESG strategies are focused on managing their companies in ways that are ethical, transparent, and responsible to stakeholders. Equally important is implementing good governance practices, including managing privacy compliance and risk.

In 2023, the OFCCP demonstrated renewed vigor in audits, recovering $17.3 million from federal contractors for alleged hiring and compensation discrimination. It also was a year of churn, challenge, and change.

OSHA's revised electronic recordkeeping requirements went into effect January 1 and the agency's new proposed rule on third-party representatives participating in walk-around inspections looms. Jackson Lewis Workplace Safety and Health practice co-leaders  Melanie Paul  and  Courtney Malveaux  discuss the OSHA compliance issues on the horizon for enforcement that will impact many employers this ye...

The tech theme for 2024 is more regulation. Jackson Lewis of counsel  Teri Wood  and principal  Michelle Duncan tell you what you need to know to make AI work for you amid the rising U.S. and global pressures to regulate — and the attendant enforcement efforts sure to follow.

Laura Pierson-Scheinberg , head of Jackson Lewis' Retail industry group;  Melanie Paul , co-leader of the firm's Workplace Safety and Health practice; and principal  Shannon Nakabayashi , a wage and hour practitioner, discuss the continuing labor renaissance and the need to focus on employee happiness and organizational wellness. Other topics include OSHA's national emphasis program targeting reta...

Having helped employers make it through one of the most active years in restrictive covenant law, Jackson Lewis co-leaders of the Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition practice  Cliff Atlas  and  Erik Winton share what to expect for 2024. For starters, the multi-pronged attack on non-competes will likely continue along with more litigation involving other provisions and claim...

The biggest legislative movement in pay equity will continue to be transparency — especially at state and local levels. Jackson Lewis Pay Equity resource group co-leads  Joy Chin  and  Drew Maunz pull together the expanding patchwork of pay equity state law trends to help employers get a better sense of the emerging standards sure to affect operations and compensation approaches.

Jackson Lewis Manufacturing industry group co-chairs  Jim Stone  and  Maurice Jenkins bring their combined 55 years of experience to discuss the sobering and structural challenges 2024 has in store in terms of recruitment and retention. Skill gaps and mismatches, change management, new compensation strategies, internal talent marketplaces, employee referral programs, false barriers to entry, DEI,...

With petition filings up 53 percent during FY2023 and an average union win rate of 71 percent for election petitions in the first half of the same period, the labor renaissance continues to heat up. Jackson Lewis principals  Laura Pierson-Scheinberg  and  Ed Jeffrey tell you what the increase in employee activism, protected concerted activity, and union organizing activities will mean for employer...

Melanie Paul , co-leader of Jackson Lewis' Workplace Safety and Health practice group, talks with her colleagues, principals  Joanne Lambert  and  Stephanie Cerasano , about intriguing issues for the hospitality industry to look toward in 2024, including service animals, babies, and robotic arms.

Jackson Lewis Higher Education group co-chairs  Monica Khetarpal  and  Susan Friedfel share how you can prepare for changes around fair student admissions and apply those lessons to employees and board members. Other key considerations for 2024 are free speech vs. academic freedom issues and the expected March 2024 release of Title IX regulations relating to sexual misconduct.

Jackson Lewis Healthcare industry co-chairs  Sarah Skubas  and  Mike Bertoncini discuss the five developments most likely to continue impacting the healthcare industry in 2024: strike activity; staffing shortages; union organizing; compliance and legal challenges around vaccination requirements and accommodations; and the NLRB's recent joint-employer rule making it easier to find that employers an...

When it comes to Environmental, Social and Governance issues, the "S" is beginning to creep in on the "G" in the boardroom. Jackson Lewis ESG co-chairs  Laura Mitchell  and  Monica Khetarpal offer some context and insights for how senior leadership and boards can manage through tumultuous times by better aligning the organization's values with its risk profile.

2024 is starting out where 2023 ended for DEI initiatives in the workplace and related scrutiny. But this dynamic could change if the mid-December Muldrow oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court are an indicator. Jackson Lewis ESG co-chairs  Monica Khetarpal  and  Laura Mitchell discuss how an ESG audit can help organizations take stock of their risk and recalibrate, if necessary, with real effec...

2024 is shaping up as a year of unique challenges that could impact how employees are showing up to the workplace and handling life challenges or emotionally charged events. Jackson Lewis principals  Michael Griffin  and  Michael Thomas discuss why employee well-being is important and what employers can do to promote an environment where everyone contributes to the quality of workplace culture.

DEI-minded employers are increasingly finding fertility, surrogacy, and adoption benefits are one of the better ways to incentivize and retain employees. Jackson Lewis Employee Benefits practice co-leader  Melissa Ostrower  and principal  Kellie Thomas share what 2024 has in store for employers seeking to add more inclusive family forming benefits — and the laws implicated when offering them.

In the wide world of DEI, everything has changed, and nothing has changed at all: It's not lawful to make decisions based on protected characteristics. It is lawful to increase outreach efforts. Positive employee relations and clear communications matter. Listen in as Jackson Lewis Corporate Diversity Counseling co-leaders  Samia Kirmani  and  Michael Thomas declare DEI is definitely not dead and...

Jackson Lewis Construction industry co-leaders  Dion Kohler  and  Sean Paisan discuss the key labor law and occupational safety and health-related issues affecting the construction industry in 2024. Topics include the significant NLRB decision regarding the election process of union organizing, protected concerted activity, and ramped-up OSHA construction-based enforcement efforts that coincide wi...

A recent Seventh Circuit decision is a game changer, both providing a new analysis of whether and under what circumstances an employer must accommodate an employee's commuting restrictions, and harmonizing what has been held as a conflict among other circuit courts that have decided this issue. Jackson Lewis Disability, Leave and Health Management practice co-chairs  Joe Lynett  and  Katharine Web...