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Mike Coffey discusses employment litigation risk and HR strategies with Gerald Maatman Jr.

In episode 260 Coffey talks with Gerald Maatman Jr. about reducing employment litigation risk in an increasingly complex legal environment. They discuss the realities and limitations of at-will employment in modern workplaces; litigation avoidance strategies for business owners and HR leaders; how employers should evaluate settlement versus defense decisions; reverse discrimination and evolving protected class litigation trends; federal, state, and municipal employment law compliance challenges; managing multi-state employment law requirements and policy administration; workplace culture, employee trust, and internal complaint systems; the role of HR as advisor, coach, and organizational risk manager; wage and hour class action litigation and emerging workplace legal threats; artificial intelligence governance and employment-related legal exposure; workplace privacy, biometric data, and employee information security risks; equal pay litigation and compensation equity concerns; religious accommodation and changing EEOC enforcement priorities; frontline manager training and its impact on legal risk; remote work management challenges and post-pandemic workplace dynamics; practical…

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Host: Mike Coffey

Guest: Gerald Maatman Jr.

Topics covered

• employment litigation
• HR strategies
• legal compliance
• workplace culture
• remote work challenges
• employee relations

Keywords

• employment law
• litigation avoidance
• at-will employment
• workplace privacy
• equal pay
• HR management
• remote work
• employee trust

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