{"id":21452,"date":"2023-09-07T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plusblog.org\/?p=21452"},"modified":"2024-05-01T13:43:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:43:36","slug":"plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-5","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-5\/","title":{"rendered":"PLUS Podcast: The Employment Law Counselor hosted by Jeff Stewart Episode 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Documents are important for employers and supervisors to obtain and control the narrative to avoid litigation in layoffs or terminations. In many cases, documentation will stop a claim before it starts.\u00a0In the newest episode of the Employment Law Counselor hosted by Jeff Stewart in collaboration with Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Laura Corvo, attorney at White and Williams, joins Jeff for a discussion on documentation and how employers can create effective documents before problems arise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You can listen to the podcast episode above or for easy access on the go, listen to the podcast on the <a href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/news\/plus-connect-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PLUS Connect App<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>You can listen to more episodes in the series below:<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:buttons -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\"><!-- wp:button -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Employment Law Counselor Episode 1<\/a><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:button -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:button -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Employment Law Counselor Episode 2<\/a><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:button -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:button -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/plus-podcast-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Employment Law Counselor Episode 3<\/a><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:button -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:button -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Employment Law Counselor Episode 4<\/a><\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:button --><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:buttons -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Documents are important for employers and supervisors to obtain and control the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31022,"template":"","business-line":[44],"topic":[29],"class_list":["post-21452","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","business-line-employment-practices-liability-epl","topic-professional-liability-pl-insurance"],"acf":{"release-date":"20230907","episode":"5","audio-embed":"<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-13549957\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1312540\/13549957-the-employment-law-counselor-hosted-by-jeff-stewart-episode-5.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-13549957&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 LLP","biography":"Jeff Stewart focuses his practice on labor and employment matters. 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