Daily Compliance News: July 22, 2025, The I-9 Hell Edition
New Virginia "Workplace Violence" Definition and Healthcare Reporting Law: What's the Tea in L&E?
What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Employers - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Understanding the New Overtime Tax Policies in the Big Beautiful Bill
When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
(Podcast) California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
Podcast - Navigating the Updated SF-328 Form
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Compliance Tip of the Day: Internal Control Deficiencies
Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition
First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
Hospice Insights Podcast - Election Inspection: Be Proactive to Avoid Costly Election Statement Denials
Compliance into the Weeds: Autonomous AI Whistleblowing Misconduct
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Federal Tax Filing Deadlines and Penalties
(Podcast) California Employment News: Back to the Basics of Employee Pay Days
California Employment News: Back to the Basics of Employee Pay Days
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Virginia and West Virginia
Great Women in Compliance: Creating Space to Speak Up: The Story Behind Psst.org
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits
Parents are the foremost guardians in a child’s life, nourishing and protecting them during the most vulnerable stages. Parents are expected to be loving, kind and understanding of their children’s needs. However, in rare...more
National Child Abuse Prevention Month reminds us of the importance of organizations and community members working together to prevent child abuse and neglect. In April each year, we are reminded of the staggering rate of...more
Wadeema’s Law, officially known as Federal Law No. 3 of 2016 Concerning Child Rights, stands as a cornerstone of child protection in the UAE. Named after a tragic case of child abuse that shocked the nation, the law was...more
For institutions and organizations entrusted with the care of children, such as schools, daycares, hospitals, faith-based communities, camps and sports teams, the responsibility to safeguard their well-being is vital....more
President Biden has signed the REPORT Act (S.474) into law, imposing additional obligations on online service providers to report material related to the sexual abuse of children. The REPORT Act: Expands reporting...more
This article was originally published Jan. 26, 2024. It was updated May 6, 2024. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the REPORT Act (S.474), which would impose additional obligations on online service providers to...more
The care and protection of children at any public, private, religious, or secular organization or institution that supports children or vulnerable adults should be, one of, if not their highest priority. Accordingly, these...more
The majority of trafficked persons in the United States access health care at some point during their exploitation. Health care providers who treat victims of human trafficking are subject to a patchwork of sometimes...more
The California Legislature passed and Governor Newsom signed several new laws covering topics ranging from COVID-19 to leaves of absence to data reporting. Most of these laws take effect January 1, so now is a good time for...more
California’s Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act requires that certain “mandated reporters” report whenever they, in their professional capacity or within the scope of their employment, have knowledge of or observe a child...more
On February 18, 2020, ISBE approved revised proposed rules related to the use of physical restraint and time out in schools. The revised proposed rules follow ISBE’s receipt and review of over three hundredb comments on...more
As institutions of higher education begin their spring 2020 semester, they should be aware of several Pennsylvania-specific developments regarding sexual misconduct and child abuse. ...more
On August 23, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed into law Public Act 101-531 (Act) which puts into place a number of measures aimed at increasing student safety....more
Spring training is a time-honored tradition for Major League Baseball. The league has long used springtime to fine tune the skills of returning players, while teaching new players about what the team expects of them....more
The OIG added 12 new items to its Work Plan in the August 2018 update. Hot topics related to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversight in this month's Work Plan include: state oversight of opioids; potential...more
Most states, including Florida, have updated their child abuse reporting requirements to include child-on-child sexual abuse, often referred to as juvenile abuse. Typically these provisions are fairly comprehensive and...more
In the wake of several high-profile cases of child abuse, Pennsylvania’s General Assembly has been on the vanguard of state legislatures’ efforts to reduce the risk of harm to children. Since 2013, Pennsylvania’s lawmakers...more
We have repeatedly cautioned that those employees who are required by law to make reports to the Department of Children and Families [“DCF”] of suspected child abuse and neglect should always err on the side of caution and,...more
Our state has a comprehensive requirement for certain employees (particularly in the medical and educational spheres) to make reports to the Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) of suspected child abuse and neglect. ...more
Connecticut General Statute Section 17a-101a sets forth 1) the obligation of certain school employees to report to the Department of Children and Families whenever they have reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect. and...more
On October 16, 2013, the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 31 which, if approved by the House of Representatives and signed by Governor Corbett, would substantially expand colleges’ and universities’ child...more