Talking Work

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, we interview two very successful women to discuss the issues women face in the workplace. Both are great role models: Jessica Jacobi, partner from our German law firm and our guest, Bettina Schaller, Head of Public Affairs for The Adecco Group. Enjoy.

Discover our 'Equal Pay Day 2023' article ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠

If you’d like to contact Jessica, click ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠for her details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

The gradual ageing of the global population is a known phenomenon, but how this might impact the workplace is harder to say. We conducted a survey to find out how ageing workforces are changing employment across the world. James Davies, partner in our UK law firm, comes on the podcast to explain.

Discover our 'Ageing Workforce' report and series ⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠

If you’d like to contact James Davies, click ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠for his details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

Ecuador, Bolivia, Mexico and Peru all have anti-outsourcing legislation. In this episode of Talking Work we talk to Juan Carlos Girao of Ius Laboris in Peru to find out why, if this is a good idea, and to ask how these rules work in practice.

If you’d like to contact Juan Carlos Girao, click ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠for his details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - ⁠www.iuslaboris.com⁠

The pandemic provoked the governments of many countries to think seriously about the mental health of employees, particularly those working remotely – and the trend is continuing. In this episode, we talk to Stefano de Luca Tamajo from our Italian firm about a survey we have just completed on how disconnection rights are developing and what kind of rules are being put in place.

Discover our 'right to disconnect' map ⁠⁠⁠here.⁠

If you’d like to contact Stefano de Luca Tamajo, click ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ⁠⁠for his details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

In this episode, Stijn Broecke, a senior economist at the OECD who is leading their Future of Work initiative, talks about recent OECD findings on how artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape the world of work, what employers and employees think about this, and the structural changes a rapid wave of AI-driven automation may bring. Against a backdrop of rising inequalities, he considers that role that dialogue can play, alongside investment in skills, in smoothing the transition.

Discover our "AI and the world of work" series page ⁠here. ⁠ 

Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - ⁠www.iuslaboris.com⁠ 

In this episode, Professor Wolfgang Lutz founder of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital and all-round expert on demographics, discusses with us the issue of low birthrate in various countries across the world and the possible impacts on the workplaces of the future.  

Discover our "low birth rate" series page here.  

Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found ⁠here⁠.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com 

Anti-discrimination law is changing in Australia, with a new positive duty on employers to ensure sex discrimination and harassment are eliminated in their workplaces. Sarah Clarke, partner in our Australian law firm explains what employers need to do to comply.  

If you’d like to contact Sarah Clarke, click ⁠here⁠⁠ ⁠for her details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found ⁠here⁠.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - ⁠www.iuslaboris.com

Inflation is on everyone’s minds these days and we’ve been thinking about how it impacts employees, particularly those on minimum wage. Emanuela Nespoli, partner in our Italian law firm and Alexander Ulrich, partner in our Germany law firm, have been discussing the issues.

Discover our Inflation, Wages and the Risk of a Wage-Price Spiral in 2023 report here.

If you’d like to contact Emanuela Nespoli, click here for her details, to contact Alexander Ulrich, click here for his details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

ESG has become a key focus for lots of organisations around the world, but those in the EU will now need to keep up with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, which came into force in January this year. We asked two colleagues from EU countries (Italy and Ireland) to tell us all about it.

Discover New sustainability reporting in the EU here.

If you’d like to contact Joanna Mackey, click here for her details, to contact Diego Paciello, click here for his details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

With women in the EU paid only 84% of what men are paid, there is a lot of work for the EU to do on the gender pay gap. Will its recent Pay Transparency Directive do the job? In this episode, two of our lawyers discuss the issues. Have a listen

Discover our Gender Pay Gap Map here.

If you’d like to contact Rebecca Rule, click here for her details, to contact Gemma Taylor, click here for her details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com