{"id":1328027,"date":"2025-06-12T09:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=1328027"},"modified":"2025-06-12T09:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:01:25","slug":"the-employment-law-counselor-episode-19","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-episode-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Employment Law Counselor Episode 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Reductions in Risk for Reductions in Force<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In this episode of <em>The Employment Law Counselor<\/em>, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Victoria Fuller, Partner and Co-Chair of Labor and Employment Practice Group, and Laura Corvo, Counsel, are joined by William Raven, Associate, for a discussion titled, \u201cReductions in Risk for Reductions in Force.\u201d This episode dives into key considerations for any employer planning, or potentially planning, to downsize its workforce, including risk mitigation, legal compliance, severance considerations, messaging and more.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks goes to White and Williams, LLP for partnership in the production of this episode.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to more episodes in the series below:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-1\/\">Episode 1<\/a>\u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-2\/\">Episode 2<\/a>\u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-3\/\">Episode 3<\/a>\u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-4\/\">Episode 4<\/a>\u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-5\/\">Episode 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-6\/\">Episode 6<\/a>\u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-7\/\">Episode 7<\/a>\u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-8\/\">Episode 8<\/a>\u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-9\/\">Episode 9<\/a>\u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-10\/\">Episode 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-11\/\">Episode 11<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-12\/\">Episode 12\u00a0<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-13\/\">Episode 13\u00a0<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-14\/\">Episode 14<\/a>\u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-15\/\">Episode 15<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-16\/\">Episode 16<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-episode-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 17<\/a> \u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-episode-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 18<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reductions in Risk for Reductions in Force In this episode of The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1330044,"template":"","business-line":[44,1434],"topic":[29],"class_list":["post-1328027","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","business-line-employment-practices-liability-epl","business-line-professional-liability","topic-professional-liability-pl-insurance"],"acf":{"release-date":"20250612","episode":"19","audio-embed":"<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-17319296\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1312540\/episodes\/17319296-the-employment-law-counselor-episode-19.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-17319296&player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" 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