In this episode of OPEN Talks, our diversity, equity and inclusion podcast series, Louise Fernandes-Owen, Global PSL for the Employment & Benefits Group, meets Sarah Griffin, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Global Legal Function at HSBC.

This episode is intended to contribute to the continuing discussions around diversity, equity and inclusion and will be of interest to HR and diversity, equity and inclusion professionals and in house counsel.

In this episode of OPEN Talks, our diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) podcast series, Louise Fernandes-Owen, Global PSL for the Employment & Benefits Group, interviews Amita Haylock, Partner in Mayer Brown’s Asia IP and TMT Group, about Mayer Brown’s collaboration with Women in Law Hong Kong: the Everyday Behaviour Project.

This episode is intended to contribute to the continuing discussions around DEI and will be of interest to HR and DEI professionals and in house counsel.

Captions are available on YouTube. Recorded 6 October 2023.

In this episode of OPEN Talks, our diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) podcast series, Louise Fernandes-Owen, Global PSL for the Employment & Benefits Group, interviews Pensions partner, Jay Doraisamy, Employment partner, Christopher Fisher and Pensions professional support lawyer, Katherine Carter about the new Pensions Regulator's Guidance on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

This episode is intended to contribute to the continuing discussions around DEI and will be of interest to HR and DEI professionals, in house counsel and pension trustees.

Captions are available on YouTube. Recorded 29 June 2023.

In this episode, host Louise Fernandes-Owen, Global Professional Support Lawyer, interviews partners from the Employment & Benefits Group, Christopher Fisher and Miriam Bruce, about what 2023 may have in store for employers specifically in relation to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) – with a focus on the UK landscape.

They discuss four DEI areas that were particularly prominent during 2022 and will remain issues for employers to consider over the coming year: pay gap reporting, positive action, workplace investigations and culture reviews, and artificial intelligence.

In this episode, host Chris Fisher interviews Nikki Lees, People Director, Inclusion & Wellbeing at QBE, about QBE's strategy and approach to diversity, inclusion and wellbeing. 

This episode is intended to contribute to the continuing discussions around diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and will be of interest to HR and DEI professionals and in house counsel.

In this episode of the Mayer Brown employment podcast, head of the London Employment Group, Chris Fisher, looks at a case where a client was unable to claim legal privilege over the original version of an investigation report, despite having sent it to their external lawyers for advice before it was issued to the employee: the case of University of Dundee v. Chakraborty.

In our special DE&I podcast series, OPEN Talks, we deal with topics in the area of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I). Each episode will focus on a particular DE&I initiative or issue.

In this episode, host Miriam Bruce interviews Danielle White, Mayer Brown’s Diversity & Inclusion Manager for Europe, who talks about driving forward Diversity & Inclusion at Mayer Brown and in the legal sector more broadly.

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In this episode, Chris Fisher looks at the recent Court of Appeal decision in Planon v Gilligan where the employer was refused an injunction to enforce a non compete clause because of the loss of income that the employee would have suffered and the two month delay before the employer issued its proceedings.