Principled Podcast – S9 E13 – Is Your Hotline Running Cold? How To Get Meaningful Data from Internal Reporting
Mia Reini and Monica Lopez Reinmiller on a Risk-Based Approach to Managing Employee Hotlines
Day 20 of One Month to Better Investigations and Reporting-Staying Out of Hot Water in Other Jurisdictions
DAY 19 OF ONE MONTH TO BETTER INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTING-SPECIFIC BENEFITS OF A HOTLINE
Citing cutbacks at the federal level, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has launched a new centralized consumer protection hotline, website and email address to make it easier for state residents to report allegations of...more
At a recent HCCA event, large digital signs throughout the conference venue displayed a toll-free number and the message, “If you see something, say something.” The message served as a great reminder that healthcare...more
The hotel and hospitality industry navigates daily obstacles to ensure the safety and security of their guests and staff. The New York City Council is tackling one of those challenges by considering a bill known as the Safe...more
Ensure a skeleton-free zone in your organization by maintaining accountability with ethics hotlines. Corporate scandals can shake the trust and reputation of any company. Take, for example, the recent case where the...more
To build a robust ethical culture, ethics and compliance professionals need effective culture assessments to pinpoint vulnerabilities and proactively address them. The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) update to the...more
Leveraging 40,000 anonymous ethics hotline reports and expansive customer interviews, Syntrio’s latest analysis uncovers trends in misconduct, reporting, and more...more
Welcome to this edition of the FP Snapshot on Manufacturing, where we take a quick look at a significant workplace law issues that can impact manufacturers. This edition will focus on workplace investigations and how...more
The option to report a workplace concern anonymously is a foundational part of a healthy ethics and compliance program. Aside from being required by law (depending on how your organization is structured and where you do...more
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
Hotlines are an incredibly valuable tool for identifying compliance issues and many other problems. Every organization should have a system for people to report—either anonymously or with reporter identification....more
Get compliance strategies and insights for the higher education space - Whether you missed this year’s in-person Higher Education Compliance Conference or are looking for additional insights from your higher ed colleagues...more
What you’ll learn from this podcast episode: Do hotlines really work? According to the 2019 Global Business Survey conducted by the Ethics and Compliance Initiative, only 6% of E&C complaints went to hotlines, compared to...more
NAVEX Global always provides insightful and important whitepapers and annual reports. One of the more important annual reports is NAVEX’s Hotline and Incident Management Report. Given Navex’s important position in the...more
Takeaways - The Department of Justice has increased its focus on whether you have an “efficient and trusted mechanism by which employees can anonymously or confidentially report allegations….” Having a hotline that...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Kansas AG Kobach Files Lawsuit Alleging Energy Market...more
A bipartisan group of 36 AGs sent a letter to Congressional leaders requesting assistance in ensuring that tips received by the National Human Trafficking Hotline are forwarded to the appropriate state law enforcement...more
Compliance professionals regularly face various work-related challenges, yet the one shared most by everyone is timely access to accurate information. Such timely access is the key to compliance effectiveness mitigating the...more
In March 2022, New York amended the New York State Human Rights Law (the “NYSHRL”) to require the New York State Division of Human Rights (“Division”) to establish a statewide, toll-free confidential hotline to provide...more
In March 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation amending the New York State Human Rights Law to establish a sexual harassment hotline directly to the New York State Division of Human Rights (NYSDHR). The hotline...more
On July 19, 2022, the New York State Division of Human Rights (NYSDHR) launched a confidential hotline at 1-800-HARASS-3 to field complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace and provide legal assistance to New York...more
On July 19, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the launch of a statewide confidential hotline for complaints of workplace sexual harassment. The hotline was provided under Senate Bill No. S812B, which Governor...more
In early 2022, New York State entered S.812B/A.2035B into law, which amended the New York State Human Rights Law, N.Y. Executive Law § 296, to require a statewide toll-free, confidential hotline (the “Hotline”) for the...more
New York State has launched two statewide, toll-free “hotlines” that aggrieved individuals can use to confidentially report workplace issues. The first hotline, which addresses sexual harassment, was announced on July 19...more
Employers should be aware that New York state has passed a law that requires employers to reference an established hotline in any material - including handbooks, policies and workplace postings - they post or provide to...more
Federal officials have launched a new 988 number for callers with suicidal thoughts or other mental health emergencies, hoping that the public adopts this three-digit alternative and finds it as familiar and useful as 911 has...more