This Week at Work

This Week at Work is the only show about the workplace that offers you front row seats AND a microphone, featuring human resource professionals and experts in employment law, to bring you practical, timely, and accurate insights so you can more effectively lead your organization.
Join Phil, Burt, and other subject matter experts every Thursday at 7:30am Central, for topics ranging from people management and compensation trends, to decoding the federal and local laws affecting your organization.
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Phil Brandt

President & CEO of AAIM

Burt Garland

Employment Law Attorney & Shareholder Ogletree Deakins

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Workplace Stress: Wellness Rules a This Week at Work #short

Did you know we just made our way through “Mental Health Awareness Month”? Join Phil and Burt as they discuss #workplacestress and the pillars of wellness with Dr. Cathy Daus. Dr. Daus is an expert in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Her research interests include #mood and #emotion at #work (specifically #emotionalintelligence), #stress, #coping, #wellness and #humor at work, and #diversity and #crosscultural issues.

Workplace Stress: Wellness Rules

Source:<br />https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ec3uj-1422a5e<br /><br />Ep233: Like a balloon filling up with air to the point it explodes, your workforce just might be filling up with stress. So how can employers prevent employees from blowing up? Good question.<br />To help with answers, we welcome Dr. Cathy Daus, Professor at SIUE, and an expert in stress management and emotional intelligence. Police organizations, hospitals, and AAIM members alike look to her for guidance when it comes to improving wellness and enjoying the positive results that follow.<br /> <br />Lawyer on the Clock:<br />4:04 - The NLRB’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, has issued a memorandum that non-compete agreements in employment contracts and severance agreements violate the NLRA except in limited circumstances. This does not cover management, and does not stray from advice or recommendations that non-compete really should be narrowly tailored to those employees who really can impact or hurt the organization just simply by leaving to go to a competitor. <br />7:30 - The nomination of Julie Su to Secretary of Labor is currently held up in congress. <br />8:42 - The EEOC has announced it will be cracking down on the construction industry for anti-bias enforcement, particularly as it relates to gender and race. <br />9:16 - The NLRB, Division 14 in Missouri has concluded that workers at a Missouri cannabis dispensary can move forward with unionization without including two other stores because they are categorized as a health care employer under the MO Department of Health and Senior Services. <br />Philburt’s Phorum:<br />13:01 - An empty test email was accidentally sent out to the HBO Max mailing list by an intern. The people of the internet responded with the biggest (and most amusing) mistakes they had made in their careers. <br />The Employers’ Lounge: Workplace Stress<br />16:40 - Dr. Cathy Daus, Professor at SIUE, and an expert in stress management and emotional intelligence, joins the program to discuss stress, and provide tips on emotional management and stress response in the workplace. <br />23:33 - Workers in the US have been stressed for many decades, and we have seen the trend increase over time.<br />25:19 - One of the biggest, most consistent buffers for stress is social support.<br />28:50 - People bring themselves into the workplace, and all aspects of themselves need to be nurtured and supported. <br />32:37 - It is unsurprising that micromanagement came up as one of the biggest stressors in our poll. Being micromanaged makes people feel like they don’t have control. <br /> <br />Host(s): <br />Phil Brandt, President and CEO, AAIM Employers’ Association<br />Burt Garland, Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins<br /> <br />Special Guest(s): <br />Dr. Cathy Daus, Professor and Director of the I/O Psychology Program at SIUE, and Trainer at AAIM<br /> <br />Powered by AAIM Employers’ Association and Ogletree Deakins, a Feature Group USA production

Workplace Stress: Wellness Rules

Our friend and compensation aficionado Michael Maciekowich joins the program to offer insights into Pay Equity and Pay Transparency.
Is your organization conducting pay equity audits? How much of the results should be shared with the staff? And how can you make pay transparency part of your compensation strategy?

Pay Equity and Transparency

Monique, the show #artificialintelligence representative interrupts the show to set the record straight on Algorithmic Accountability and AI bias. This is an excerpt of Monique reading her emotional cover letter as she attempts to persuade our hosts to accept her as a cohost.

It's the latest in our series of This Week at Work #shorts

AI in HR: a This Week at Work #short. (Links to full episode No. 232)

Ep232: Our friend and compensation aficionado Michael Maciekowich joins the program to offer insights into Pay Equity and Pay Transparency.
Is your organization conducting pay equity audits? How much of the results should be shared with the staff? And how can you make pay transparency part of your compensation strategy? All this and more on This Week at Work.

Lawyer on the Clock:
6:11 - A new law was signed last year to begin the middle of this year called the Pump Act: Provide Urgent Material Protections for Nursing Mothers Act. Here’s a link to the updated DOL poster: Fact Sheet #73: Break Time for Nursing Mothers under the FLSA | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov) https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/73-flsa-break-time-nursing-mothers

8:15 - The EEOC has issued new guidance on employer use of artificial intelligence, and making sure AI does inadvertently discriminate.
13:14 - The Eighth Circuit Court issued a ruling regarding ADA accommodations as it relates to service animals.

Philburt’s Phorum:
15:55 - Monique surprises us with a less-than-compelling argument on why she can be used for unbiased recruiting… and become a cohost. You’ll have to watch to see if Phil and Burt are swayed.
The Employers’ Lounge
19:56 - As pay transparency laws are going into effect, if you haven’t already been transparent with your ranges, it’s time to really look at if you have issues with pay equity. Are your pay ranges based on performance or experience or other factors?
24:33 - If you do find any discrepancies in your pay structure, it’s best to work with your labor attorney who will work with us to immediately start a more detailed audit and provide a report.

Host(s):
Phil Brandt, President and CEO, AAIM Employers’ Association
Burt Garland, Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins

Special Guest(s):
Michael Maciekowich, National Director, Astron Solutions

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