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The Brightmine Podcast (US)

An award-winning podcast series on trending workplace issues affecting employers and HR professionals featuring practical tips.

Apr 29, 2020

Employers are facing many challenges as they weigh what a return to work will entail, and how it can be done safely. On this podcast, Global Workplace Analytics President Kate Lister joins XpertHR Legal Editor David Weisenfeld for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of work and what offices may look like in the...


Apr 23, 2020

On this podcast, Brower joins XpertHR Legal Editor David Weisenfeld to discuss the crisis and offer tangible ways to reduce stress. She also addresses how managers can help, including understanding mental illness under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Brower has written a book about creating work-life...


Apr 16, 2020

Millions of US workers are able to receive federally mandated paid leave for the first time under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). But with few employers unscathed by the COVID-19 crisis, many are wondering what this emergency law means for them.

Littler employment attorney Jeff Nowak, a leading...


Apr 8, 2020

On this podcast, Laner Muchin employment attorney Peter Gillespie addresses several key issues affecting businesses in the new COVID-19 landscape, including:

  • Whether relief is available to businesses that disagree with having been deemed "nonessential";
  • How multistate employers should handle discrepancies regarding who...


Apr 2, 2020

The news has been rather bleak on the employment front of late to say the least. A record 6.6 million Americans filed unemployment benefits claims last week, after nearly 3.3 million unemployment benefits claims were filed two weeks ago, up from just 200,000 one month ago. At the heart of this has been the spiraling...