PSHRA's Public Eye Podcast

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Episode 15: The Injustice of Using Salary History to Set Pay: Making it a Thing of the Past Jul 11, 2023

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Liza Zamd, a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, spoke to us in her role as a board member at the DOJ Gender Equality Network (GEN), an employee advocacy group. We discussed the unjust impact on women and minorities when salary history is used to set pay in their workplaces, the group's advocacy for pay equity government-wide, and other pay issues in the federal workforce.

Episode 14: The Future is Flexible: a Conversation with Public Eye Editor Mark McGraw Jul 06, 2023

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Mark McGraw, the editor of Public Eye, PSHRA's bi-monthly digital magazine, joins us to discuss several of the top articles in the June-July issue: The Future is Flexible, finds public sector employers working to find the right balance between remote and in-person work; Stressed in the Public Sector, which delves into burnout that is more prevalent in the public sector and ways to mitigate it. Flexibility as a benefit is a recurring theme throughout the issue. We discuss these and other timely topics from the latest issue of Public Eye.

Episode 13: The Clock is Ticking: What Public Sector Agencies Need to Know as TikTok Enters the Workforce Jun 27, 2023

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Shelline Bennett is the Managing Partner of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s Fresno Office and has represented public agencies for over 20 years. TikTok is just starting to make inroads in the workplace. Shelline helps demystify TikTok: how it works, what makes it different (vs. other social platforms), who is using it, and why Congress and the Biden Whitehouse have banned it. We discuss the delicate balance between an employee’s first amendment rights and making sure employees aren’t using it to share inappropriate content, as well as how public sector agencies can use it to reach a younger talent pool.

Episode 12: How to Create a Culture of Belonging in the Public Sector Jun 06, 2023

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Knickeita Bullock is a public sector principal and global DEI&B ambassador with UKG. Bob Lavigna is a senior fellow – public sector, also with UKG, who literally wrote the book on public sector employee engagement. Both join us for an in-depth, illuminating conversation on building a robust workplace culture of belonging - its importance and ideas on how to go about building/sustaining it, particularly in these challenging times for the public sector.

Episode 11: Good Trouble: a Conversation with Stacey Lewis, CEO of HR Interrupted May 30, 2023

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Stacey Lewis is an accomplished, innovative, results-oriented executive with over 30 years of experience in all aspects of Human Resources management. She is the CEO and founder of HR Interrupted, a People & Strategy consultancy firm designed to collaborate with business leaders who have true GRIT to unapologetically disrupt ideologies, policies and practices that impact the People, Business and Culture experience. Stacey was previously CHRO of the Port of Long Beach and brings a wealth of insight into the innerworkings of public sector agencies.

Episode 10: Taking Time to Celebrate Public Sector Work May 12, 2023

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This week we sat down with Mark McGraw, editor of PSHRA's Public Eye digital publication, and Of Public Interest, PSHRA's weekly newsletter, to celebrate Public Service Recognition Week, and to take a quick look at what's in the public sector HR news.

Episode 9: A Well-Rounded Perspective on Job Satisfaction, Leadership and Drivers of Organizational Performance in the Public Sector May 02, 2023

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Gerome Q. Banks is a strategic consulting manager for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) with 20 years of professional public sector management, strategic HR experience, and an affinity for leader development and federal talent management. Gerome discusses the top predictors of federal employee job satisfaction, what leaders in public sector agencies need to do to be more effective, and the metrics agencies ought to be using to accurately gauge their organization’s performance.

Episode 8: Picking Up the Pace in Public Sector Hiring Apr 24, 2023

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Melissa Barker, VP of Practice Development at the recruitment firm the Duffy Group, discusses the factors combining to slow down public sector hiring, and what employers can do to pick up the pace – from shortening the time applicants wait for a response, to how employers can be more proactive/creative in finding and engaging candidates – which is to say, making public sector work more appealing to Gen Zers and millennials who tend to be “values-driven."

Episode 7: Social Media’s Impact on Employee Speech in the Public Sector Workplace Apr 12, 2023

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Social media has become the new “public square” for public employees, especially during elections or controversial social events. Public employees expressing their views on social media can lead to First Amendment issues and potential litigation. The recent Ninth Circuit decision in Hernandez v. City of Phoenix attempted to provide guidance, but many questions remain. Mark Meyerhoff is an attorney with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore specializing in all aspects of employment and labor relations for public employees. Mark spoke with us about social media's impact on employee speech in the public sector workplace and what public agencies' social media policies should include.

Episode 6: A Treasure Trove of Insights and Information from Exec. Director of NAST Apr 07, 2023

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Shaun Snyder is Executive Director for the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST), a bipartisan organization of elected and appointed state and territorial Treasurers across the United States. NAST advocates for responsible public finance measures on Capitol Hill and with regulatory agencies and provides education through its conferences and distance learning. Our conversation addresses a host of pressing issues and challenges: the aging of the finance workforce, recruitment, financial wellness, and increasing the utilization of the ABLE Act (which makes tax-free saving accounts available to cover qualified disability expenses).We were also surprised to learn that assumptions that private sector pathways are more lucrative are not universally true.

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