Employment Matters – Details, episodes & analysis

Listen in as we discuss the most impactful employment law regulations of 2025 and forecast what employers can expect in 2026. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide.

Host: Chloë Loubser (email) (Bowmans / South Africa)

Guest Speaker: Sian Gaffney (email) (Bowmans / South Africa)

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The Republic of Angola celebrated fifty years of independence on November 11, 2025. On this episode, we analyze the evolution of the labor and employment laws of the country, as well as the challenges that Angola faced and currently faces as an independent nation. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide.

Host: Nuno Gouveia (email) (Miranda Alliance)

Guest Speaker: Adail Cardoso (email) (Miranda Alliance - Fátima Freitas Associados / Angola)

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On today's episode, we’re talking about a big development under Nebraska law – the adoption of paid sick leave through the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act. The Act takes effect on October 1, 2025, and employers have a lot of questions on the terms of the Act and how it impacts employers’ leave policies. Listen in as we dive into everything employers need to know. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide.

View the Cline Williams on-demand webinar on this topic here. 

Host: Tara Stingley (email) (Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP)

Guest Speakers: Lily Amare (email) & Maddie Hasley (email) (Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP)

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In this episode, we discuss four main topics about IT contracts, including:

• Topic 1: Mindset and basic principles for drafting/negotiating the best possible contract
• Topic 2: Which items and dynamics change from one contract to another that you should think about to ensure that you get the best outcome for the specific circumstances
• Topic 3: Increasingly common terms and concerns in IT contracts
• Topic 4: Helpful resources

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Host: Kate Nash (email) (Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan Jackstadt P.C. / Eastern Missouri)

Guest Speaker: Craig Ashford (email) (Miller Nash / Oregon)

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In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at Panama. Stay tuned for more episodes!

Host: Peter Walts (Employment Law Alliance / Global)

Guest Speaker: Sophia Lee (email) (Morgan & Morgan / Panama)

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In this episode, we discuss the legal protections that Egyptian Law provides against discrimination at the workplace, what Egypt is doing to reduce the gender pay gap, recent development of representation of women in the government, and more. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide.

Host: Chloë Loubser (email) (Bowmans / South Africa)

Guest Speaker: Laila Elibrachy (email) (Ibrachy & Dermarkar / Egypt)

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In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at France. Stay tuned for more episodes!

Host: Peter Walts (Employment Law Alliance / Global)

Guest Speaker: Philippe Durand (email) (August Debouzy / France)

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In this episode, we discuss technological advancements in AI and the impact of these advancements on our current legal systems and how they might need to be reshaped to cope with the changes. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide.

Host: Cynthia Chung (email) (Deacons / Hong Kong)

Guest Speaker: Albert Yen (email) (Lee, Tsai & Partners / Taiwan)

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In today's episode, we discuss recent OSHA updates, including to the Worker Representative Walk-Around Rule, the Hazard Communications Rule, the Emergency Response Rule, and how employers should prepare for the upcoming summer months.

Host: Tara Stingley (email) (Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP)

Guest Speaker: Bill Wahoff (email) (Steptoe & Johnson PLLC)

View the ELA's OSHA webinar from March, 2024 here. 

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In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at Nicaragua. Stay tuned for more episodes!

Host: Peter Walts (Employment Law Alliance / Global)

Guest Speaker: Michelle Avilés (email) (BLP / Nicaragua)

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