{"id":209666,"date":"2024-11-07T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=209666"},"modified":"2024-11-07T09:00:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T15:00:16","slug":"the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-15","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-15\/","title":{"rendered":"The Employment Law Counselor hosted by Jeff Stewart Episode 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Issues Surrounding the Remote Workforce&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most workplaces learned how to operate remotely because they had to in 2020.\u00a0 Now, several years later, it is clear remote work is here to stay. However, did your company implement the appropriate policies to manage a remote workforce? Have you updated job descriptions to indicate which positions are eligible for remote work? In this week\u2019s episode of the Employment Law Counselor podcast, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), host Jeff Stewart is joined by Laura Corvo, Counsel, White and Williams, for a discussion concerning the issues employers have surrounding remote work.<\/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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 1<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 2<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 3<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 4<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 5<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 6<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 7<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 8<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 9<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 10<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 11<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 12<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 13<\/a>\u00a0 <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 14<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Issues Surrounding the Remote Workforce&#8221; Most workplaces learned how to operate remotely&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":209685,"template":"","business-line":[44],"topic":[29],"class_list":["post-209666","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","business-line-employment-practices-liability-epl","topic-professional-liability-pl-insurance"],"acf":{"release-date":"20241107","episode":"15","audio-embed":"<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-16059247\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1312540\/episodes\/16059247-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-15.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-16059247&player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","speakers":[{"headshot":19998,"name":"Jeff Stewart","podcast_role":"Host","title_company_name":"Counsel, White and Williams","biography":"Jeff Stewart focuses his practice on labor and employment matters. 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Jeff serves as lead negotiator during collective bargaining and advises his clients on all aspects of strikes, lockouts, and mass picketing. In addition to his private-sector clients, Jeff represents municipalities with respect to their labor unions."},{"headshot":211429,"name":"Laura Corvo","podcast_role":"Guest","title_company_name":"Counsel, White and Williams","biography":"Laura Corvo represents employers in employment litigation and counsels clients on a variety of employment-related issues. 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