Season 2, Episode 10: The Federal Trade Commission recently proposed a new rule that would ban employers from imposing non-compete agreements on their workers. But what this mean for employers, and what is the difference between non-compete and non-solicitation agreements? In this episode of The Employment Roundtable, host and GableGotwals Shareholder Talitha Ebrite and GableGotwals Shareholder Paula Williams provide an overview on non-compete agreements, and discuss what restrictions apply and the difference between non-solicitation and non-compete agreements.

Season 2, Episode 9: Creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is an ongoing process. There are many ways to bring your DEI strategy to life, but one significant and simple step employers can take to promote inclusivity is to encourage conversations about gender pronouns. In this episode of The Employment Roundtable, host and GableGotwals Shareholder Talitha Ebrite, GableGotwals Shareholder Ellen Adams, and Oklahoma Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Director Holly Cole discuss personal pronouns, ways to update employee handbooks and policies to be more inclusive, and examples of policies relating to pronouns.

Season 2, Episode 8: Bostock v. Clayton County doesn’t apply to all employers and all employment settings, so how do you know when it applies? In this episode of The Employment Roundtable, host and GableGotwals Shareholder Talitha Ebrite, GableGotwals Shareholder Ellen Adams, and Oklahoma Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Director Holly Cole discuss the relationship between the holding in Bostock and state anti-discrimination laws.

Season 2, Episode 7: The landmark 2020 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. In this episode of The Employment Roundtable, host and GableGotwals Shareholder Talitha Ebrite, GableGotwals Shareholder Ellen Adams, and Oklahoma Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Director Holly Cole provide an overview of Bostock and what it means for employers.

Season 2, Episode 6: Over the past years, employee arbitration agreements have helped prevent employment-related lawsuits. If properly executed, arbitration clauses provide several benefits to both employers and employees. In this episode of The Employment Roundtable, host and GableGotwals Shareholder Talitha Ebrite discusses with GableGotwals Shareholder Chris Thrutchley the benefits of implementing a mandatory arbitration program, challenges employers face in enforcing their rights to arbitration, and recent developments in arbitration.

Season 2, Episode 5: In this episode of The Employment Roundtable, host and GableGotwals Shareholder Talitha Ebrite, GableGotwals Shareholders Ellen Adams and Paula Williams, and Oklahoma Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Director Holly Cole discuss the increasing prevalence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and what the EEOC recommends to safeguard employees from potential AI pitfalls in the employment context.

Season 2, Episode 4: This is the third of our three-part series on the intersection between employment and health. In this episode of The Employment Roundtable, host and GableGotwals Shareholder Talitha Ebrite, GableGotwals Shareholders Ellen Adams and Paula Williams, and Oklahoma Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Director Holly Cole discuss the EEOC’s new updates to its COVID-19 technical assistance following the formal declaration that the public health emergency is over, including Long COVID and employer obligations.

Season 2, Episode 3: This is the second of our three-part series on the intersection between employment and health. In this episode of The Employment Roundtable, host and GableGotwals Shareholder Talitha Ebrite, GableGotwals Shareholders Ellen Adams and Paula Williams, and Oklahoma Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Director Holly Cole discuss general employee parenting issues, including pregnancy, nursing, parental leave, and the recent Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.