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Ius Laboris

Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Managing Misconduct in ‘Satellite Offices’

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For multinational corporations looking to establish a presence in Asia, the creation of regional offices in locations such as Hong Kong or mainland China can be a strategic move. Setting up these so-called ‘satellite offices’...more

Fisher Phillips

New Year, New Goals: Why You’ll Want to Add Workplace Investigation Training to Your 2025 Resolution List

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Before the ink dries on your professional New Year’s resolutions, you may want to add “empower leaders with investigation training.” While most employers appreciate that complaints about potential workplace misconduct or...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Online, Off-Duty Harassment is Still Unlawful Harassment

Once an employer knows or has reason to know about alleged harassment, it has an obligation to promptly remedy the hostile work environment, even if the offensive conduct occurred wholly offsite, online, or off-duty. This...more

NAVEX

The Value of a Platform Approach to Compliance

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Think of it as the compliance version of The Butterfly Effect – a small, unnoticed, action, or failure to act, somewhere in the organization that balloons over time into a much larger, material issue. Maybe an employee is...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Managing Employee Compliance in Highly Regulated Industries — Hiring to Firing Podcast

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In this episode of the Hiring to Firing Podcast, hosts Tracey Diamond and Evan Gibbs are joined by Josh Riggs, owner of Social Cannabis, based in Denver, CO. They delve into the complexities of managing employee conduct in...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

New California Law Affects Pharmacy Operations, Staffing Ratios, And Much More

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On October 8, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1286 into law. The new law, sponsored by Assemblymember Matt Haney and the California Board of Pharmacy, aims to reduce medication errors and...more

Ankura

Behavioral Misconduct Investigations: Key Challenges and How To Minimize Reputational Impact

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Rarely a day goes by without at least one report of workplace misconduct hitting the headlines globally. In a post-#MeToo era, there is an ever-increasing focus from society on how organizations respond to and deal with...more

Weintraub Tobin

Happy International Women’s Day – Now Wait Another 300 Years for Equality! Wait, What?

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That’s right, you read it correctly, another 300 years! The United Nations Secretary General told the Commission on the Status of Women on March 7, 2023, that gender equality is “300 years away.” The statement was based on...more

FordHarrison

Taking a Stand against Antisemitism - What Can Employers Do?

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It is no secret that antisemitism is on the rise throughout the United States. The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL’s) 2021 Survey on Jewish Americans’ Experience with Antisemitism found that in the last five years, 63 percent...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Romance in the Office

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With employees returning to the physical office, employers are likely going to have to deal with a number of headaches they haven’t had to address during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of these headaches relates to office...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Crossing the Line: Hospitality, Gifts, and Unfair Dismissal

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Mr D Thompson v Informatica Software Ltd- In a recent appeal at the EAT an individual (the “appellant”), who had been a senior employee of the employer (ISL), was found to have been fairly dismissed for gross misconduct...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Commission Confirms that Employers May Have Employee Misconduct Where Training of Safety Rule Was Verbal and On-the-Job

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Commission’s approval of undocumented training provides blueprint for employee misconduct claims for employers going forward....more

King & Spalding

What DOJ Really Cares About: What Do The Updates To DOJ'S Compliance Guidance Mean In Practice?

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On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released updated guidance entitled “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (“Updated Guidance”), which provides the DOJ Criminal Division’s views on what comprises...more

Fisher Phillips

Good Faith Belief Leads To Employer Victory In Bias Claim

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Despite not being able to prove the alleged wrongdoings that led an Arkansas employer to terminate an employee, a federal appeals court just handed an employer a victory in a gender discrimination lawsuit because of its “good...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Getting Rid of Those Sneaky Weeds

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I may be a little old-school on this, but I still like to pick weeds in the yard. It's good exercise, makes the yard look nicer, and gives my brain a little down time. There's a particularly pernicious type of weed in our...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

[Event] Fall 2019 Workplace Harassment Prevention Training - October 24th, New Haven, CT

Harassment in the workplace is a common complaint of employees, and creates a liability for your business. The key to the prevention of unlawful harassment in the workplace is training. In this program we will review the law...more

Fisher Phillips

Who’s The Boss? How Managers Can Handle Gender Bias From Their Own Subordinates

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As a manager, you’re trained to identify discrimination and harassment when you see it. You see it when a manager in another department isn’t being fair to subordinates of another race. You’re familiar with your obligations...more

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Workplace HR and Safety Lessons from Movies: “Untouchable”

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The first full documentary on the fall of film mogul Harvey Weinstein premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and it can provide employers with an important reminder about the need to rid workplaces of sexual...more

The Volkov Law Group

The Risk of Employee Misconduct

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Companies are hyper-focused on third-party risks, especially when it comes to anti-corruption risks. And for good reason – a large percentage of FCPA enforcement actions involve illegal use of third parties to carry out...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Key Considerations to Protect Against Insider Threats in Cybersecurity

Most companies have strengthened their cybersecurity defenses against outside hackers, but many often neglect the equal threat posed by those within their network walls — employees who already have privileged access to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #116 - Insider Error or Threat Continue to Cause Data Breaches

You continue to hear that your employees are your biggest risk when it comes to causing a data breach. Recent incidents that we have been involved in that were caused by employee error include...more

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