We Get Work
All multinational employers face the daily, daunting challenge of monitoring and addressing global labor, employment law, and immigration challenges.
info_outline SXSW + Jackson Lewis’ Technology Industry GroupWe Get Work
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.
info_outline ESG: How Data Privacy Relates to Good Governance PracticesWe Get Work
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.
info_outline What You Need to Know About the OFCCP: Part 1 – 2023 Year in ReviewWe Get Work
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.
info_outline The Year Ahead 2024: Workplace SafetyWe Get Work
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 and discuss the OSHA compliance issues on the horizon for enforcement that will impact many employers this year.
info_outline The Year Ahead 2024: Technology: AIWe Get Work
The tech theme for 2024 is more regulation. Jackson Lewis of counsel and principal 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.
info_outline The Year Ahead 2024: RetailWe Get Work
, head of Jackson Lewis’ Retail industry group; , co-leader of the firm’s Workplace Safety and Health practice; and principal , 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 retailers with warehouses and distribution centers, and the immediate impact and risks involved with how retailers absorb increased labor costs due to minimum wage increases.
info_outline The Year Ahead 2024: Restrictive CovenantsWe Get Work
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 and 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 claims.
info_outline The Year Ahead 2024: Pay EquityWe Get Work
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 and 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.
info_outline The Year Ahead 2024: ManufacturingWe Get Work
Jackson Lewis Manufacturing industry group co-chairs and 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, and more are all on the horizon.
info_outlineTanya Bovée and Michael Thomas
Psychological safety in the workplace allows employees to speak up candidly with ideas, questions and concerns, and even make mistakes without fear of reprisal or adverse repercussions. The resulting security created by a culture that supports a safe workplace contributes to inclusivity and can improve performance as employees are able to be more engaged and connected at work.
This episode of We get work™ explores steps employers can take to foster psychological safety, in turn creating more mental space for employees to think creatively, share their unique perspectives and be more actively engaged in problem solving.