Gender and the Workplace: Dealing with Complex and Cutting Edge Issues 2012 (Audio-only)

Taken from the briefing Gender and the Workplace: Dealing with Complex and Cutting Edge Issues recorded July, 2012.

With women continuing their rise in the ranks of corporate America, employers and employees alike continue to face a multitude of challenging and nuanced legal issues.  These issues arise along the entire spectrum of the employment relationship, from recruiting to promoting, to accommodating leave requests, to ensuring that pay practices are non-discriminatory, to fostering a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment.  It is not enough for employers just to hire female applicants; employers must do more.

Listen to Timothy J. Long and Lauri A. Damrell of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, as they discuss cutting edge legal issues in this evolving area of the law, as well as best practices employers should consider following to avoid not only litigation, but employee relations issues as well.

Lecture Topics  [Total Time: 01:09:37]

• Structuring recruiting, retention and promotion procedures to avoid systemic and pattern or practice claims alleging gender discrimination
• Best practices for ensuring that the workplace is free from gender bias, discrimination and harassment
• Evolving legal doctrines governing how gender discrimination claims are litigated

Presentation Material

• Gender and the Workplace: Dealing with Complex and Cutting Edge Issues in Pattern or Practice Litigation
  Lauri A. Damrell, Timothy J. Long
• Gender and the Workplace: Dealing with Complex and Cutting Edge Issues
  Timothy J. Long