{"id":829617,"date":"2025-02-20T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=829617"},"modified":"2025-02-20T09:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:01:09","slug":"the-employment-law-counselor-episode-17","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/podcast\/the-employment-law-counselor-episode-17\/","title":{"rendered":"The Employment Law Counselor Episode 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This episode of <em>The Employment Law Counselor<\/em> podcast, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), dives into recent executive orders which end Federal DEI programs and, among other things, encourage private sector employees to end \u201cillegal DEI\u201d programs. Victoria Fuller, Partner and Co-Chair of Labor and Employment Practice Group, and Laura Corvo, Counsel, are joined by Marlena Ellis, Associate, to discuss the implications of those executive orders on employers and offer some best practices employers should implement promptly to manage legal risks while still attracting and retaining high quality employees.<\/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>\u00a0 <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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode of The Employment Law Counselor podcast, in collaboration with the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":829623,"template":"","business-line":[44],"topic":[29],"class_list":["post-829617","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","business-line-employment-practices-liability-epl","topic-professional-liability-pl-insurance"],"acf":{"release-date":"20250220","episode":"17","audio-embed":"<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-16648727\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1312540\/episodes\/16648727-the-employment-law-counselor-episode-17.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-16648727&player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","speakers":[{"headshot":21459,"name":"Laura Corvo","podcast_role":"Host","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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