We were reading a recent article on jdsupra.com by Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP ("OSHA and Workplace Violence: What Contractors Need to Know") which shares …
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Your Employees Commit Fraud – You May Be Responsible
We found Out-law.com's posted article ('Judgement shows need for business to be proactive in preventing employee fraud, says expert') a great illustration of …
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Equal Pay for Equal Work
I found a compelling article from the Center for American Progress by Jocelyn Frye and Kaitlin Holmes that shared some notable data. In “Wage Discrimination: …
Challenges Facing the ADEA
Fifty years after the enactment of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Equal Employment Opoportunity Commission (EEOC) is focusing on the …
Whistleblowing On the Rise
Zarra Elias's recent post on Lexology.com ('Whistleblowing Increases with Increasing Visibility’) was on point. Elias cited a 2017 report that identified a …
OSHA Standards for Silica Exposure
I read an article recently in Business Insurance by Gloria Gonzalez titled “OSHA Standards Should be Met Despite Delays.” Gonzalez explains how the Occupational …
EEOC’s New Online Inquiry Form
I just read an article on a recent change to how reports to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are reported. Alyssa Peters’s of article “An EEOC …
McLane Co. Inc. vs. the EEOC: Wider Latitude for Governmental Agencies?
I just came across Judy Greenwald’s recent article in BusinessInsurance.com. “Supreme Court subpoena ruling favors EEOC,” details the 7 – 1 U.S. Supreme Court …
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Avoiding Pregnancy Discrimination
Mark McGraw’s article in Human Resource Executive Online, “Preventing Pregnancy Discrimination” was particularly interesting in what it reveals about how NOT to …
Workplace Tension in a Season of Political Volatility
In the months leading up to the presidential election, and since, there has been a rise in workplace incidents regarding discrimination. In May 2016, a human …
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Mental Health Safety in the Workplace
Mental health is a sometime overlooked component of workplace safety; specifically, recognizing symptoms and knowing how to provide help employees experiencing …
Breaking Business Silos and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
I was reading Tom Fox’s January 5, 2017 article “Technology, Compliance, and the Breakdown of Corporate Silos” in Compliance Week. It was particularly …
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