Today’s Workplace
Barbara Johnson and Belinda Reed Shannon created Today’s Workplace podcast to keep employers current on the latest employment law trends while providing proactive solutions to the everyday issues arising in today’s rapidly changing workplace. From employment law to true human potential, each episode of Today’s Workplace aims to dissect and improve the evolving relationship between employers and their employees. Are you prepared for today’s workplace? Subscribe now to stay informed.
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In this episode of the Today's Workplace podcast, we continue our conversation with Jay Jamrog, a well-respected futurist of 40+ years.
Jay shares with us how diversity and inclusivity are vastly different throughout the world and How artificial intelligence could impact our future workplace.
How does this impact today’s workplace? Join Barbara Johnson and Belinda Reed Shannon as they provide their insights into how to best...
On this episode of Today’s Workplace we discuss workplace culture and the hybrid workplace with Jay Jamrog, a well-respected futurist of 40+ years.
Jay shares with us how a hybrid workplace with intentional work flexibly will continue in the future and how a hybrid workplace directly affects people leaders.
We explore major disruptions and changes in how we view our society from a wide range of industrial viewpoints from hea...
On this episode of Today’s Workplace we examine the Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
On January 13th, 2022 the US Supreme Court issued two decisions in cases challenging the ETS on vaccination and testing, one to OSHA and the other to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The Supreme Court decided to reimpose a stay on the enforcement of OSHA’s...
Leslie Davis is a respected leader, experienced advocate, and logical strategist who has been a tireless champion for equity in the legal profession. As the Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, Inc. (“NAMWOLF”) For over two decades, Leslie has served as lead counsel for many jury trials, bench trials and arbitrations, obtaining favorable verdicts for her clients in complex and h...
If you are not integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into your workplace culture and business strategy then you are missing out on a breadth of benefits!
Learn how to look for the common mistakes employers make and the impact that well-crafted DEI strategy can have in an organization with guests and subject experts, Philip Berry and Michael Payne, on this episode of Today’s Workplace.
The corporate world has had to move quickly to respond to the current demand for social justice sweeping across the country. The entertainment industry is no exception to that.
In this episode, Barbara and Belinda take a rare look at the world behind the camera and examine how the industry is handling diversity in the workplace in response to the current movement for social justice.
Our guest Sean Joell Johnson, Head of Busines...
As the workplace continues to evolve and develop new diversity and inclusion programs, it has become increasingly important to understand the LGBTQ experience and the challenges they face.
Our guest Rob Falk is a global thought leader on legal and business issues affecting nonprofit organizations.
In this episode, Rob helps guide us through the issues facing the LGBTQ community in the workplace and shares the steps employers shou...
The second epidemic impacted our communities last summer, after the murder of George Floyd and the period of social justice and racial reconciliation that followed. Join us as we will discuss the history and evolution of workplace discrimination and DE&I efforts employed by corporations, a year after the Me Too movement and Black Lives Matter protests with our guests Grace Speights and Chai Feldblum on Today’s Workplace. Learn ...
Many companies now push the concept of diversity but fail to create an inclusive environment. Join us now as we discuss how organizations missed the mark and how they can improve the workplace with our guests Tammy Bennett and JT Wilson on Today’s Workplace.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) work from a global perspective requires cultural translation, that is respecting cultural differences while acknowledging the unique way systems of oppression disguise themselves in different cultures. Today’s Workplace is thrilled to have Abam Mambo, Legal Director at Microsoft, graciously share her wisdom and insight from her own journey engaging in DEI work across the globe.
Barbara Johnson and Belinda Reed Shannon discuss the current state of affairs with respect to vaccine mandates, both the OSHA mandate and the center for Medicare and Medicaid Services mandate.
We also discuss the President's September 2021 executive order, which directed OSHA to develop any Emergency Temporary Standard referred to as an ETS. The stated goal of this ETS is to protect unvaccinated workers from the risk of contra...
On this episode of Today’s Workplace we look at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), which were created in response to President Biden's COVID-19 Executive Order. The Executive Order directed OSHA to require all private employers with 100 or more employees to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations, or at least weekly testing. Tune in for a review of OSHA’s reasoning for iss...
Perrine Farque is an internationally recognized diversity and inclusion speaker and author of Inclusion: the ultimate secret to an organization's success. She has an extensive track-record of delivering ground-breaking, inspiring diversity and inclusion speaker sessions that motivate the audience to become inclusive leaders. We are thrilled to have her joining us on this episode of Today’s Workplace.
On this episode of Today’s Workplace we continue our conversation on systemic discrimination with plaintiff-side class action attorneys, Kelly Dermody and Jahan Sagafi, by taking a closer look at diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession. Get a closer look at the issues and leave with sound advice to help you and your organization be a part of the solution.
Plaintiff-side class action attorneys, Jahan Sagafi and Kelly Dermody, join Belinda Reed Shannon and Barbara Johnson to discuss systemic discrimination. Tune in to learn more about what systemic discrimination is, what these attorney’s look for when taking on a case, and explore the industries that are more vulnerable to claims of systemic discrimination.
In this episode of the Today’s Workplace podcast Barbara Johnson and Belinda Reed Shannon discuss the two grounds for exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the workplace—medical and religious.
On this episode of Today’s Workplace we are continuing our series exploring the COVID-19 vaccination mandate in the workplace to help our listeners understand the implications of President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan that was announced on September 9, 2021. The Executive Orders describe the president’s six-pronged strategies to fight the pandemic and increase vaccination rates. In this episode Barbara Johnson and Belinda Reed Shan...
What laws govern the COVID-19 vaccine employer mandate? How are employers responding? Who makes up the anti-vaccine group? All this and more on this episode of Today’s Workplace, where hosts Barbara Johnson and Belinda Reed Shannon discuss the issues that employers are facing when considering vaccine mandates. Tune in for this timely conversation and check out todaysworkplace.com for additional information.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) work from a global perspective requires cultural translation, that is respecting cultural differences while acknowledging the unique way systems of oppression disguise themselves in different cultures. Today’s Workplace is thrilled to have Abam Mambo, Legal Director at Microsoft, graciously share her wisdom and insight from her own journey engaging in DEI work across the globe.
Alison Nelson is a career Ford Motor Company lawyer, who joined the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Office in January 2021 as the Director of DEI Strategies & Program Planning. She is leading the company's holistic DEI governance. Alison joins us on Today’s Workplace to give a closer look at changes observed in the climate and culture of Ford’s workforce as a result of DEI strategy. We discuss considerations to keep i...
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