Highlights from AccelPro Employment Law - Volume IV
With Narcisa Przulj, Stacy Hawkins and Bree Buchanan | Interviews by Matt Crossman and Celeste Headlee
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Welcome to AccelPro Employment Law, where we provide expert interviews and coaching to accelerate your professional development. Today, we are featuring a look back at recent interviews with experts in the employment law field.
Sandberg Phoenix’s Narcisa Przulj on Cannabis Law and the Workplace
Rutgers Law's Stacy Hawkins on the Supreme Court, College Admissions and the Future of Workplace Diversity
Krill Strategies' Bree Buchanan on Wellness and Seeking Help in the Workplace
Prior highlights from AccelPro Employment Law:
Volume I, Volume II (Career Development focus), Volume III
I. On Cannabis Law and the Workplace
With Narcisa Przulj, Partner at Sandberg Phoenix
Cannabis law is an emerging field in employment law. Marijuana is now legal for recreational use in more than 20 states, and that number will continue to grow.
Employers face the complicated proposition that a substance that was illegal throughout our country’s history is now legal. What does that mean for the workplace? Should employers test for it in states where recreational use is legal? What does the law say about jobs with safety concerns?
Narcisa Przulj, a partner at Sandberg Phoenix counsels employers as they wrestle with these changing laws. In this interview, Przulj explains the perils of testing, the mitigating factors of safety and government contracts, and the importance of having consistent policies.
II. On the Supreme Court, College Admissions and the Future of Workplace Diversity
With Stacy Hawkins, Professor at Rutgers Law
This episode explores what the ruling in the Harvard-UNC Supreme Court case means for workplace diversity.
Stacy Hawkins, a professor at Rutgers, walks us through key concepts to understand the differences between race-conscious college admissions and workplace diversity hiring efforts; discusses the search for a hiring case similar to the admissions case; and lays out her passion for reviving the role-model theory as a strategy to increase the diversity of workplaces.
Hawkins also explains how she transitioned from a career in private practice to being a professor, commentator and thought leader and offers practical advice for anyone hoping to make a career change.
III. On Wellness and Seeking Help in the Workplace
With Bree Buchanan, Senior Advisor at Krill Strategies
This interview is part of our AccelPro Career Tools series, where we explore topics including wellness and client relationship management, hosted by internationally recognized journalist, author and NPR host Celeste Headlee.
This episode features a conversation about wellness and seeking help in the workplace with Bree Buchanan, senior advisor at Krill Strategies and former Board President at the Institute for Well-Being in Law.
At firms, there may be an expectation of 24-7 availability for clients and unclear policies for employees facing behavioral health issues. Buchanan discusses signs someone may be in need, healthy habits, setting boundaries and how to ask for help.
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