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In this episode Tom Hayes chats with Dave Kamper, author ofthe book “Who’s Got the Power: The Resurgence of American Unions”. Dave writes extensively on labour relations and is currently a senior strategist at the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive-leaning US think tank. Tom opens by asking Dave why the US labour movement is a pale shadow of what it once was? currently a senior strategist at theEconomic Policy Institute, a progressive-leaning US think tank. In this episodeTom asks Dave why the US labour movement is a pale shadow of what it once was?

Auret van Heerden and Alan Wild join Tom Hayes to discuss what is happening in the world of corporate due diligence and social responsibility. They explore the emergence of what seem to be two contradictory trends. While the EU and US roll back on due diligence legislation... we see companies facing greater prosecution risks in their supply chains...

Auret Van Heerden joins Tom to discuss the rollback of EU due diligence laws.... but this does not mean the issue has gone away. They explore how competition and tax authorities - such as those in France and Italy - are pursuing due diligence breaches. They also discuss the problem of rogue and criminal involvement in labour supply and what HR management should be doing now,

Tom Hayes chats with Dr Guy Burton, academic and global political analyst and host of the 10 Minutes On podcast about the "twin track" Chinese economy and China's evolving relations with Europe and the U.S.

In this episode Tom chats with IBEC's Dr Kara McGann about the EU's Pay Transparency Directive. Is it the game changer that some hope... or is the reality that the gender pay gap arises between categories and between occupations... not within them, which is the focus of the Directive. They discuss barriers to workplace equality and focus on the growing issue of elderly care in society.

Tom is joined by Auret van Heerden, global supply chain expert, to discuss why Brussels walking back regulations like CSRD and CSDDD after positioning itself as an ethical standard-setter? Auret shares his insights... including his conclusion that situation with forced and child labour is worsening, despite widespread corporate policies against such practices.

Tom Hayes chats with the highly experienced global HR executive Rick Warters. Rick talks about his early days as a HR manager and then reflects on key HR issues in the U.S. and worldwide, looking ahead to the impact of a Trump II administration on global HR and business

This is part two of our special two part BEERG Byte series focused on the employment law agenda of the new U.K. government, which is just over 100 days in office. Tom chats with three key members of Lewis Silkin LLP's employment law team: David Hopper, Kerry Salisbury and Vince Toman about what PM Keir Starmer's govt plans. In this episode they explore the reforms on collective bargaining and plans to end Fire and Rehire... or, as it tends to work in reality fire and replace.

Tom chats with members of the Lewis Silkin LLP employment law team about the reforms being introduced by the new Starmer govt. The discussion is in two parts. In this episode they look at changes to boost UK trade unions. In part two they consider Fire and Rehire... and Fire and Hire others.

Tom Hayes discusses the U.K Labour government's recently published Employment Rights legislation with London based international Labour and Employee Relations professional, Philip Bickerstaffe. They discuss whether the new law will shift the balance of power away from employers to employees... or, does it broadly reflect what most good employers already do?

In this episode Tom Hayes throws an eye over the EU's legislative agenda as it impacts labour and HR issues. With a particular focus on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Gender Pay Transparency Directive. This podcast follows on from last week’s HR Policy Global Europe newsletter

In this episode Tom Hayes discusses the Status of Platform Workers Directive with Colin Lecky of Lewis Silkin LLP. Colin sets out how political compromise was reached in the Council of Ministers with the EU leaving key issues up to Member States to decide. You can read Colin's analysis on the Lewis Silkin website

Though BEERG is now known as HR Policy Global Europe... we will stick with BEERG Bytes as the name of this series of Podcasts for HR professionals. In this first episode of 2024, Tom Hayes looks at the items on the EU's legislative agenda for 2024.

In this episode Tom Hayes looks at the EU's legislative agenda on HR and labour relations as both the EU Parliament and Commission near the end of their 5-year mandates. Though things will quieten down from April to June 2024, there is plenty on the agenda after that. There is a "third wave" of information and consultation obligations coming, via directives and initiatives on: Platform Workers, AI Liability, Corporate Due Diligence... and more.

This episode looks at technical issues rather than policy ones. Tom chats with Daniel Beuster, Project Manager with Context, about the technical options and solutions for the growing number of interpreted EWC hybrid and remote meetings and best practise in making these meetings as productive as possible for all participants. Context is a technology driven Language Services Provider with a strong focus on EWC meetings. Context has been providing interpretation and managing technical equipment for EWC meetings since the 1994 EU Directive, and since the COVID-19 pandemic has embraced interpreted hybrid meetings.