The Changing Landscape of Workplaces and Childcare Shortages Affecting Workers Across the State

Title:  The Changing Landscape of Workplaces and Childcare Shortages Affecting Workers Across the State

Objectives:

• Discuss the changing landscape of work post the COVID pandemic, this includes hybrid work plans, remote work, AI and work life balance
• Childcare shortages and solutions in Oklahoma, which affect much of the workforce being able to stay employed. Discuss bills at the Capitol this session that would aid in this shortage

Bio: 

In 2022 Leslie Osborn was elected to a second four year term as State Labor Commissioner.  Prior to that she served ten years in the OK House of Representatives for District 47.  During her time there she was the first female to chair the Judiciary committee of the House, and in December of 2016 she was named the first Republican female chairman of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee.  During her tenure she authored landmark workers compensation reform and passed into law the first Pay for Success contract in Oklahoma, which was a public-private partnership with the Department of Corrections and the Kaiser Foundation to move women from incarceration to the Women in Recovery Program.

Osborn received a B.S. in business administration from Oklahoma State University and resides in Mustang, Oklahoma. Leslie owned and operated her own business for 22 years selling heavy duty truck parts, Osborn Pick-Up Accessories, and is the mother of two children.

Osborn serves on the advisory board of OK Small Business Development Centers, the Oklahoma Academy, and as President of the board for the Canadian Valley Technology Center Foundation.  She was in Leadership OK Class 27 and served as the state director of the national group Women in Government.

Cost: Free for SWOKHR members, $10 for non-members.