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Has the Supreme Court Ushered in the End of the Administrative State?
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - July 09, 2024 15:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn three landmark rulings, Loper Bright, Jerkasy, and Corner Post, the Supreme Court altered the way the US government functions, especially with regard to issuing and enforcing regulations. Join Nita, David, and Burt as they explain and explore how these decisions impact employers and the rule...
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Update with EEOC Commissioner Lucas
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - June 12, 2024 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEEOC Commissioner Andrea Lucas and David discuss the leading issues facing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, including corporate DEI programs, the Commissioner’s dissenting views on the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) regulations, and the EEOC’s new Harassment Guidance, and t...
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EEOC’s Final PWFA Regulations
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - May 29, 2024 21:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEEOC’s new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations are effective beginning June 18. Join David and Nita as they discuss best practices for employers to prepare and to comply with the new regulations, and the key differences between the new PWFA and the existing ADA and FMLA requirements. ...
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Regulatory Avalanche
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - May 10, 2024 21:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWith the election 6 months away, the Biden Administration has launched a cascade of momentous workplace regulations, significantly changing the rules regarding overtime, accommodations for pregnant workers, and the future of covenants not to compete, at the same time, heating up the tension betw...
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With 2024 Election Looming, What Are the Agencies Doing?
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - April 01, 2024 14:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBudget ceilings, acting leadership, and skeptical courts combine to put pressure on the workplace agencies as the impending election further limits their options and opportunities. Join David, Nita, and Burt in a lively discussion of the current actions, inactions, and expectations of DOL, NLRB...
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DEI Risk Assessment: What Employers Need to Do
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - March 20, 2024 16:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWith the ongoing attacks on corporate DEI programs, Keli Wilson, Director and Principal Consultant, Workforce Equity, DCI Consulting, joined Nita Beecher to discuss why employers should perform a privileged DEI risk assessment now. Keli, an Industrial-Organizational psychologist, outlined the ty...
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DEI Faces New Challenges: How Employers Can Respond
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - February 22, 2024 15:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsAs activists bring EEOC charges and federal lawsuits, many companies are re-examining their DE&I programs while seeking to remain committed to the goal of a more diverse and inclusive workforce. Join Burt, Nita, and Leslie Silverman as they discuss the challenges to DE&I and map out ways employe...
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New Independent Contractor Rule Raises Issues of Compliance and Enforcement
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - January 17, 2024 15:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe DOL’s new Independent Contractor Rule returns us to an era of ambiguity and unpredictable enforcement. Its multi-factored test leaves everyone uncertain as to how workers are to be classified but with a clear “thumb on the scale” in favor of finding employee status. Join David, Nita, and...
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Meet Jessica Looman, Administrator of DOL’s Wage & Hour Division
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - January 04, 2024 15:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe first episode of the DC Insider for 2024 is a very informative discussion between The Honorable Jessica Looman, Administrator of the US DOL’s Wage and Hour Division, and FortneyScott Co-Founder David Fortney. Ms. Looman, the recently confirmed top wage and hour official, addresses the Div...
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Federal Regulatory Agenda, and the Impact on Employers
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - December 18, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe last episode for 2023 focuses on the Fall 2023 Federal Regulatory Agenda, published December 6th, that provides the latest insights into the Biden Administration’s plans for new regulations in 2024. Join David, Burt and Nita as they unravel the numerous new regulations that impact employe...
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President Biden Issues an Executive Order on AI
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - November 13, 2023 20:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn October 30th President Biden issued a sweeping executive order directing numerous federal agencies to take actions on AI. Join David and Savanna as they talk about AI governance efforts here in the United States and abroad and unpack the directives for the Department of Labor in the executiv...
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Key Pending Supreme Court Cases That Employers Need to Track
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - October 20, 2023 20:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe Supreme Court began a term packed with cases that affect the law of the workplace – and the entire way the government regulates business. Join David, Burt, and Nita as they explain why the Chevron doctrine, changes in the breadth of Title VII, and the legality of administrative enforcement i...
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Johnny Taylor, President and CEO of SHRM, Discusses DE&I and Workplace Challenges
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - September 18, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJoin a lively discussion with Johnny Taylor, President and CEO of SHRM, as he shares with David how SHRM and its members are addressing the latest DE&I developments and the related challenges employers face in addressing AI and Return to the Office. Contact Fortney & Scott: Tweet us at @fortne...
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Challenges to DE&I Programs Mount: How Employers Mitigate Legal Risks
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - August 30, 2023 18:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsChallenges to corporate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) programs are escalating rapidly after the Supreme Court’s decision in Harvard/UNC rejecting the use of race in college admissions. Join FS attorneys David Fortney, Burt Fishman, Leslie Silverman and Nita Beecher as they outline the gr...
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Conversation with Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - August 23, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHear the latest developments from the chief lawyer at the U.S. Department of Labor, as David meets with The Honorable Seema Nanda, Solicitor of Labor. The Solicitor discusses the priorities for the 500+ attorneys at DOL and provides updates on key DOL rulemakings, interagency cooperation efforts...
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Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action, Raises Standard for Religious Accommodations
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - July 10, 2023 13:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe Supreme Court concluded its term by ending racial affirmative action in college admissions and by making it easier for workers to receive religious accommodations. Following a review of the Court’s rulings, the FortneyScott team (David, Leslie, Nita, and Burt) discuss the impact of the decis...
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EEOC Vice Chair Discusses New Pregnancy Protections
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - June 14, 2023 17:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJoin David and guest EEOC Vice Chair Jocelyn Samuels as they discuss the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The PWFA requires covered employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless t...
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Federal, State, and Local Governments Move to Regulate AI
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - May 30, 2023 16:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in employment decision-making is getting the attention of federal, state, and local governments. This week, Nita Beecher and FS colleague Leslie Silverman welcomes guest Dr. Frida Polli, former EEOC Vice Chair, neuroscientist, and Chief Data Scientist o...
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The NLRB Re-Makes the Law for ALL Employers
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - May 15, 2023 21:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJoin Nita, Burt, and FS colleague Liz Bradley as they explain the impact on ALL employers – with or without unions – of recent actions of the NLRB. From altering the definition of joint employee to changing what any employer can put in an employee handbook, to when a verbally abusive employee c...
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The Biden Administration Takes on AI
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - April 19, 2023 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJoin David, Savanna, and special guest Vicki Lipnic, former Acting Chair of the EEOC, as they discuss important recent AI developments at the federal level, legislative, and regulatory action on AI in states and localities, and efforts to make AI technology vendors liable for workplace discrimi...
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Aggressive NLRB Ruling on Severance Agreements Impacts All Employers
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - March 31, 2023 15:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe National Labor Relations Board continues its aggressive efforts to re-make labor law, issuing in a new decision that substantially limits severance agreements for nearly all US employers (both union and non-union). Join David, Nita, and Burt as they unpack the NLRB’s recent decision, McLa...
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DEI Under Assault: Will It Survive?
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - March 15, 2023 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsGeorge Floyd’s death and activist shareholders pushed corporations to enhance their DEI programs, but now those programs are being challenged by conservative shareholders. Join David, Nita, and FS attorney John Clifford to discuss the new challenges to DEI and ESG, new oversight of employer com...
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AI Updates: EEOC Public Hearing & More
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - February 13, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsLearn the key takeaways from the EEOC hearing on Navigating Employment Discrimination in AI and Automated Systems and additional workplace AI developments. Joining Nita Beecher are former Vice Chair of EEOC, Leslie Silverman, to discuss the hearing, and Savanna Shuntich, who explains what emp...
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The EEOC and FTC Announce New Enforcement Initiatives
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - January 30, 2023 17:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe Agencies take the lead while Congress stalemates. Joining David Fortney are Leslie Silverman, former Vice Chair of the EEOC, who shares key employer takeaways from EEOC’s new Strategic Enforcement Plan, and John Clifford who unpacks the Federal Trade Commission’s unprecedented proposal to b...
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Hail and Farewell to the 117th Congress
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - January 11, 2023 14:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBipartisan achievement marked the last weeks of the 117th Congress. With divided government looming, the Congress ended with a series of significant legislative accomplishments and confirming a lot of new judges. Join Nita, David, and Burt as they analyze the impact on employers of the same-sex...
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What the Mid-Term Election Means for Employers
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - November 21, 2022 17:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsDivided government returns, with Ds retaining the Senate, and Rs narrowly winning the House. Join David, Nita, and Burt as they analyze the impact of the historic midterm elections on key nominations, forthcoming regulations to pursue the Biden pro-labor agenda and stepped-up oversight by an ene...
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The Supreme Court Takes on Affirmative Action
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - November 07, 2022 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe Supreme Court heard arguments for 5 ½ hours! Join David, Nita, and Burt as they distill and condense the various positions taken on Constitutional rights, statutory requirements, the benefits of diversity, the burdens of racial preferences, and the impact on universities, employers, and soc...
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The Supreme Court Takes on Affirmative Action
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - November 07, 2022 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe Supreme Court heard arguments for 5 ½ hours! Join David, Nita, and Burt as they distill and condense the various positions taken on Constitutional rights, statutory requirements, the benefits of diversity, the burdens of racial preferences, and the impact on universities, employers, and soc...
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DOL’s Proposed Independent Contractor Rule
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - October 28, 2022 17:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe DOL’s long-awaited Independent Contractor regulations were finally issued and are the subject of the latest episode. Join Burt, and two Fortney Scott experts in Wage and Hour law, John Clifford and Savanna Shuntich, as they unravel and explain the impact of this lengthy, complex, and import...
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Updates on the EEOC and AI
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast - October 07, 2022 15:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe DC Insider podcast returns with a lively discussion of the latest developments involving the EEOC and Artificial Intelligence. Join David, Nita, and Burt as they review the EEOC at a critical point—with tensions among the Commissioners, nominees pending required for the Democrats to have a ...
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