Sharon Perley Masling, a director of Workplace Culture Consulting at Morgan Lewis, helps companies and organizations create safe, respectful, diverse, and inclusive workplaces. Sharon also leads the labor and employment practice’s Task Force on COVID-19 and co-leads the firm’s Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines. Having previously served as chief of staff and senior counsel to a Commissioner at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Sharon provides insight on the enforcement of all employment civil rights laws and advises employers on employment discrimination issues.Sharon partners with employers to conduct workplace culture assessments, using qualitative and quantitative tools, and helps employers devise and implement strategic plans that address leadership, accountability, policies, procedures, and training. She guides companies in understanding the potential costs—including the impact on productivity and job turnover—that can be tied to harassment and misconduct, and she helps employers develop proactive and concrete approaches to creating workplace environments where harassment and misconduct do not occur in the first place. Sharon also counsels employers on a wide range of employment compliance issues.