What to Do When Leadership Doesn’t Take Compliance Seriously
Workplace Sexual Assault and Third-Party Risk: What’s the Tea in L&E?
Creativity and Compliance: Reinventing Compliance with Creativity: The Acteon I-Care Code
From Forest to Fortune: Navigating Workplace Ethics With Robin Hood — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Mastering Communication: Insights from Dr. Dennis Cummins on Speaking and Selling without Selling
Great Woman in Compliance: The Power of Vulnerability with Cricket Snyder
Innovation in Compliance: The Power of Accountability and Team Culture with Gina Cotner
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 55 – The From Worse to Worser Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 4, Culture
Tips for Conducting a Trade Secret Assessment with Rob Jensen
New Virginia "Workplace Violence" Definition and Healthcare Reporting Law: What's the Tea in L&E?
Work This Way: An Employment Law Video Podcast | Episode 51: Smarter Recruiting Strategies with Rhiannon Poore of Forge Search
Daily Compliance News: July 8, 2025, The Learning on the Job Edition
Summer Strategies for Work Success
Work this Way: An Employment Law Video Podcast | Episode 49: Building Culture by Investing in People with Silvia King of Southern First Bank
Performance Reviews: Lessons from Severance — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Coffee Badging: Mastering the Art of Office Presence — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Creativity and Compliance: Nourish Your Audience: A New Approach to Compliance Training
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 47: Coaching Leaders & Building Culture with Robyn Knox of The HR Business Connect
Sunday Book Review: May 18, 2025, The Books on Engaged Training Edition
As generative artificial intelligence and machine learning continue their rapid rise in popularity and uses in business operations, manufacturers are faced with how to implement AI in a manner that allows them to take...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration renewed its National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries (NEP) on June 27, 2025, superseding the prior version. This new NEP...more
While these observations might reflect genuine concerns, they are nearly impossible to act upon without more specific information. More importantly, they provide very little foundation for formal discipline if the issues...more
We previously reported on the FDA’s laboratory-developed test (LDT) rule published on May 6, 2024, which classifies LDTs as medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). This shift marks the end...more
This is the second article in our two-part series on Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0, focusing on the legal implications and potential liabilities manufacturers face from cyberattacks, as well as practical...more
For manufacturers and suppliers expanding their operations into New York State for the first time, there are a myriad of legal idiosyncrasies to navigate. Businesses must proactively identify areas in which a different...more
In May 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule to amend the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), aligning it more closely with the seventh revision of the United Nations’ Globally...more
In recent years, the global spotlight has illuminated the grave concerns surrounding human rights violations within China's Xinjiang region, particularly those impacting the Uyghur population. The Uyghur Forced Labor...more
In the hyper-connected era of smart manufacturing, accelerated by “Industry 4.0,” the manufacturing sector is undergoing a digital revolution. By leveraging technologies such as advanced automation, artificial intelligence,...more
If you think that there is a lot of talk about new factory construction in the United States in recent months, you are correct. Ryan Beene, a writer for Bloomberg News, noted last year that some in financial circles had...more
Like many other industries, manufacturing has been hit hard with labor shortages. As of April 2022, U.S. factory activity reportedly is at its slowest pace in more than 18 months. Consequently, many factories seek more...more
Manufacturers are facing significant challenges that include the labor shortage and the skills gap and employers are not only struggling to fill vacancies, they are struggling to find workers with the necessary skills and...more
The United States is facing an unprecedented labor shortage. How can U.S. manufacturers’ labor shortage be solved with immigration? In June 2021, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released the America Works Report, which is...more
The labor shortage has forced many manufacturers to adopt new strategies to meet their staffing needs. As commentators in the Jackson Lewis Manufacturing Industry Group have previously written, these include adjusting...more
The worker shortage in manufacturing has been exacerbated by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, which erased over a decade of job gains in the manufacturing sector, eliminating more than 1.4 million positions, according to a report...more
Manufacturers face increasing difficulty in finding employees with the skills they need, where they need them to be. The skills gap has become a bigger issue as more manufacturers are looking to build where they sell, and...more
Manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and importers have often struggled with communicating product hazards to downstream employees and users, due to complex hazard communication requirements in international standards, as...more
Under the Biden administration, two significant and expected changes to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would give the agency a greater role in reducing the spread of COVID-19 at the workplace, both...more
Manufacturers often require highly skilled, experienced employees and may train employees to develop the necessary skills. Training can include apprenticeship programs or in-house training, both of which can cost employers...more
There are a number of steps PMPs can take to limit their exposure to claims from customers. MPs and manufacturers sometimes face a variety of claims from consumers, spurred by anti-pesticide activists, alleging that...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA recently updated its National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries (NEP), adding a targeting methodology for industries with high employer-reported amputation statistics....more
Last month, I posted about New York State’s recently enacted law mandating all New York State employers adopt Sexual Harassment Policies and train all employees annually. ...more
Continuing its aggressive measures to combat workplace sexual harassment, on August 23, the New York State Department of Labor issued for public comment a draft sexual harassment training program, a checklist of minimum...more
If you are involved in safety or risk management, especially in construction, you recognize that struck-by accidents are almost always among the top three causes of employee deaths. What you may not appreciate is that most...more
In October, OSHA released its new Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs, which were issued to incorporate the experience and advances gained since the previous set of recommendations was released in 1989. ...more