Employment Matters

Welcome to the first episode of Workplace Matters: Asia Pacific, a new podcast hosted by the Asia Pacific Next Gen members of the Employment Law Alliance (ELA). Each episode puts one workplace question to employment law experts across the region — and this season's focus is Workplace Discrimination and Harassment. Up first: what should employers do when a sexual harassment complaint is reported anonymously? Moderator Parvathy Tharamel (email) (Trilegal, India) is joined by Marianne Miguel (em...

What does the future of DEI in higher education look like under Title VI? Tune in for a fast-paced, thirty-minute briefing on Title VI discrimination claims in higher education — where the law stands, how the administration is enforcing it, and what colleges and universities should do now. Host: Marcia DePaula (email) (Steptoe & Johnson PLLC / Western Pennsylvania) Guest Speakers: Derek Ishikawa (email) (Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP / California) & Mica McKinney (email) (Ray Quinney & N...

Tune in to our fourth episode of our ELA Podcast Series on the Pay Transparency Directive, where we speak with leading employment lawyers across Europe about when and how the EU Pay Transparency Directive is being implemented in their country and what it really means for employers on the ground. We hope today’s discussion will help you understand the status of Pay Transparency legislation in Greece, what you should be doing now and how approaches to implementation are shaping up across Europe...

Angola has replaced its 2013 gender equality framework with a new National Policy for Gender Equality and Equity, approved by Presidential Decree No. 157/26 and in force since 1 September 2026. Listen in as we explain what the policy says, who it binds, and what employers in Angola should be doing now. Host: Nuno Gouveia (email) (Miranda Alliance) Guest Speaker: Nádia Ferreira (email) (Miranda Alliance) Support the show Register on the ELA website here to receive email invitations to future p...

On this episode we unpack the EEOC's newly adopted Strategic Plan for FY 2026–2030 and the National Enforcement Plan for FY 2025–2029. Listen in as we explain the shift away from monetary benchmarks toward "targeted equitable relief," the new 10-person definition of systemic investigations, and the 90% litigation success goal - plus 15-day position statement deadlines, the retreat from disparate-impact litigation, and the new priorities, from DEI-related practices and religious liberty to pro...