Trigger warning: The following content deals with some challenging themes including racism, crime, and alcohol and drug addiction.   Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   In our first live episode, recorded before a special audience, we were thrilled to kick off the British Retail Consortium's second annual diversity and inclusion conference held in partnership with RPC.   Host Ellie Gelder was joined by three inspirational guests:   ·     Trevor D Sterling, Senior Partner at Moore Barlow, first black Senio ..read more

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   Following on from our previous episode on supporting and retaining senior talent, we explore how employers can best support and retain Gen Z talent.   In part 2, Ellie Gelder is joined once again by Rose Sellman-Leava, Director and Co-Founder of Inclusive Futures, a not-for-profit organisation empowering students from underrepresented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds to enter careers which are right for them, and RPC's Laura Verrecchia, trainee solicitor and resident Gen Z member of the Employment En ..read more

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.   Following on from our previous episode on supporting and retaining senior talent, we explore how employers can best support and retain Gen Z talent.   Ellie Gelder is joined by Rose Sellman-Leava, Director and Co-Founder of Inclusive Futures, a not-for-profit organisation empowering students from underrepresented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds to enter careers which are right for them, and RPC's Laura Verrecchia, trainee solicitor and resident Gen Z member of the Employment Engagement and Equality ..read more

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment. To mark London Tech Week 2024 running from 10 -14 June, we are devoting a three-part mini-series to the topic of AI and how it interacts with, and affects, employment law and the world of work.   In our concluding part, host Ellie Gelder is joined once again by two leading experts on AI and the world of work: Jake Wall, policy manager for skills and future of Work at techUK, and Patrick Brodie, partner and head of RPC's employment, engagement and equality team. We discuss:   ·      ..read more

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment. To mark London Tech Week 2024 running from 10 -14 June, we are devoting a three-part mini-series to the topic of AI and how it interacts with, and affects, employment law and the world of work.   In part two, host Ellie Gelder is joined by two leading experts on AI and the world of work: Jake Wall, policy manager for skills and future of Work at techUK, and Patrick Brodie, partner and head of RPC's employment, engagement and equality team. Jake and Patrick share their insights on the interplay between AI and em ..read more

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment. To mark London Tech Week 2024 running from 10 -14 June, we are kicking off a new mini-series on AI to explore how it interacts with, and affects, employment law and the world of work.   In part one, host Ellie Gelder is joined by two of RPC's resident experts on AI: Olivia Dhein, knowledge lawyer in our commercial and banking litigation team, and Joshy Thomas, IP and Tech knowledge lawyer. Olivia and Joshy share their insights on AI's impact on litigation, how best to use it responsibly, and the regulatory land ..read more

We are marking Mental health awareness week this month by devoting a four-part mini-series to mental health at work. In our concluding episode this week, Ellie is joined by Simon Blake OBE, Chief Executive at Mental Health First Aid England to explain the role of mental health first aid in the workplace.   We discuss:   ·     The purpose of mental health first aid in the workplace; ·     How senior leaders play a critical role in implementing mental health first aid; ·     Key preliminary steps to take before ..read more

To mark Mental health awareness week this month, we are devoting a four-part mini-series to mental health at work. In part 2, Ellie is joined by the other key person from the incredible "Stranger on the bridge" story, Neil Laybourn, who on that fateful day in January 2008, stopped to talk to Jonny Benjamin, who was about to take his own life on Waterloo Bridge.   Like Jonny (who Ellie spoke to in part 1 "Turning despair into hope"), Neil is a passionate mental health advocate and now runs his own consultancy, helping employers to implement end-to-end employee mental health programmes. &nb ..read more

To mark Mental health awareness week this month, we are devoting a four-part mini-series to mental health at work. In part 1, Ellie Gelder is joined by Jonny Benjamin MBE, whose incredible story touched many people all around the world when his search to find the stranger, who talked him down from taking his life on Waterloo Bridge, went viral with the hashtag #findMike.   We discuss:   ·       Jonny's experience of mental illness; ·       How a stranger on a bridge changed his life forever; ·   &nbs ..read more

Whistleblowing commonly features in today's top news stories, recent examples including the Post Office and Horizon dispute, and the harrowing Lucy Letby case. It's also a notoriously complex, and sometimes misunderstood, area of employment law, which can present challenges for line managers, HR teams and business leaders.   In part 3 of our mini-series on whistleblowing, Ellie Gelder is joined by Sybille Raphael, legal director at whistleblowing charity Protect, to run through the five key challenges in the world of whistleblowing for employers to tackle in 2024 and beyond. We discuss ..read more