Free events produced by Caged Bird HR, a Worklution brand. Join a Fireside Chat for an in-depth conversation on a workplace issue, or bring your questions to Ask HR Live.
Upcoming
Thu · 6:00 PM EST
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
Year-end reviews shape raises, promotions, and sometimes who gets put on a plan in January. This session covers how to write an honest self-assessment, bring receipts for your work, respond to a rating you believe is unfair, and put disagreement in writing without escalating. It builds on our earlier performance management and documentation sessions.
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Wed · 6:00 PM EST
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
Caged Bird HR's year in review. We look back at what we saw from clients, the workplace trends that kept coming up, how employers responded, and the themes and viewer questions from this year's sessions. Then we look ahead to what employees should expect in 2027 and preview the 2027 webinar lineup.
Hosted by Cierra Gross
Wed · 12:00 PM EST
Ask HR Live · 30 min · Free
Thinking about resigning? Bring your questions. We cover what to check before you give notice so you leave on your terms.
With Cierra Gross
Tue · 6:00 PM EST
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EST
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
Hostile work environment has a specific legal definition that most workers don't know, which means they either underreport clear violations or overestimate their legal options. This session cuts through both problems with a clear framework for what legally constitutes a hostile work environment and what the realistic outcomes of a claim look like.
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
Reduction-in-force decisions aren’t always neutral. Building on the “Laid Off, Reorganized, or AI-Affected” session, this webinar looks specifically at disparate impact in layoffs and how to protect yourself before, during, and after a restructuring announcement.
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
Most workers sign severance agreements within days of being laid off, without understanding what they're giving up. This session covers what severance actually is, what standard agreements typically ask you to waive, and when and how it's negotiable, including in mass layoffs.
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
FMLA is one of the most misunderstood workplace protections in existence. Workers assume it covers more than it does; employers sometimes enforce it in ways that violate it. This session covers who qualifies, what triggers coverage, what employers can legally require, and where state law sometimes does more.
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
The angry Black woman stereotype functions in corporate environments as a mechanism for discrediting, silencing, and disciplining Black women who raise concerns or push back. This session names it as a structural dynamic and examines how it gets deployed (in performance reviews, in meetings, in the HR complaint process) and what workers can do about it.
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
LGBTQ+ workers navigate a disclosure decision most colleagues never have to make, and that decision has real career consequences either way. This session examines legal protections post-Bostock, where they end, how anti-LGBTQ+ policy shifts are affecting workplace culture right now, and how to assess and document your environment.
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
The cognitive and emotional labor of adjusting your language, affect, and presentation to fit a white corporate environment is documented, cumulative, and rarely compensated. This session examines what code-switching actually costs and what workers can do to make more deliberate choices about when and whether they spend that energy.
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
Black immigrants in corporate America navigate an intersection that neither general immigration resources nor general racial equity conversations tend to address. This session examines how race, national origin, accent, and immigration status compound in the workplace and what protections apply specifically to this intersection.
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
Black women in corporate America are disproportionately managing caregiving for aging parents, children, and extended family while being held to the same performance standards as colleagues with far fewer unpaid obligations. This session covers leave law, accommodation rights, and the unspoken career penalties that follow workers who use them.
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EST
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
Mentorship is broadly available to Black women in corporate America. Sponsorship is not. This session names the structural difference between the two, explains why visibility alone doesn't produce advancement, and gives workers a framework for identifying whether an organization's advancement culture can be navigated or not.
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EST
Fireside Chat · 45 min · Free
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Replays
Tue · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 60 min · Free
Emotional labor, managing your own feelings and other people's, is a real, exhausting part of many jobs, yet it's rarely named, measured, or compensated. This session gives language to the invisible work of staying composed, absorbing others' stress, and smoothing over conflict, and explores how employees can name this labor and protect their capacity.
Hosted by Miya Leavy, Anim Aweh, LCSW, Melissa Webb, LPC
Wed · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 60 min · Free
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Wed · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 60 min · Free
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Wed · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 60 min · Free
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Wed · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 60 min · Free
Hosted by Miya Leavy
Tue · 6:00 PM EDT
Fireside Chat · 60 min · Free
Hosted by Miya Leavy
