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New IRS’ 2009 “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams List Invites Whistleblower Claims...
The release yesterday (April 13, 2009) by the Internal Revenue Service of its 2009 “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams List reminds businesses of the need to act to minimize exposures to tax related whistleblower...
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DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Actions Signal Need to Audit Adequacy of...
U.S. businesses should review the adequacy of their existing antitrust Federal Sentencing Guidance Compliance policies and internal controls in light of a series of recently announced antitrust...
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Businesses Cautioned To Strengthen Investigation & Employment Practices To...
Businesses that fire or discipline employees increasingly face retaliation claims by disgruntled workers claiming the protection of nondiscrimination and other federal and state whistleblower and...
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OSHA $1Million Award Against AirTran Airways Highlights Retaliation Risks
A million dollar plus backpay award announced by the Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) reminds U.S. employer of the growing importance of taking steps to manage whistleblower and...
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BNSF OSHA Whistleblower Settlement Gives Employers Insights About Policies...
Review and update your policies and be careful how you handle employee reports of injury or safety concerns. That’s the message of the settlement recently announced with BNSF Railway Co. of Fort...
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Employee & Other Whistleblower Complaints Common Source of HIPAA Privacy &...
Employer and other health plan sponsors, administrators, insurers and their business associates should heed both the lesson about properly protecting health plan documents with protected health...
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Review & Update HR & Benefit Practices For DOL Proposed Change In FMLA Regs,...
August 11, 2014 is the deadline for employers and other interested individuals to comment on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) June 27, 2014 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
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Obama Executive Order’s Prohibition Of Government Contractor Sexual...
Effective today (April 8, 2015), all U.S. businesses working as government contractors or subcontractors are prohibited from discriminating in employment against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...
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Discrimination Rules Create Risks For Employer Reliance On Injunction Of FMLA...
Employers covered by the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) have a temporary reprieve from the obligation to comply with a change to the FMLA regulations’ definition of “spouse” that requires...
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Criminal Conviction Of Plan Trustee, Outside Legal Counsel Shows Risks of...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s just announced successful whistleblower prosecution in Perez v. Scott Brain, et al of an employee benefit plan trustee, and an individual lawyer and her law firm that...
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