Survey Highlights the Impact that Knowledge of Rewards Has on Willingness to...
There has been much ink, real and digital, spilled on speculating about how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) whistleblower program may affect companies’ internal compliance programs...
View ArticleThe Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee Goes to Work
On January 29, 2013, the new Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee (WPAC) held its inaugural meeting in Washington, D.C. Made up of 12 members, the WPAC includes three members representing the...
View ArticleThe Investigation Is the Thing
As highlighted in our earlier blog post, a company’s response to a whistleblower complaint is the key to how the company will fare going forward. How the company investigates the complaint will...
View ArticleHow the New California Laws Will Impact Your Business in 2014 and Beyond,...
Part one of this three-part series covered the six wage and hour bills that Governor Brown recently signed and which will go into effect on the first of the year. Part two covers the equal employment...
View ArticleMisuse Of Visas Lands Tech Giant In Hot Water
Infosys, an Indian technology outsourcing company, has agreed to pay a fine of $34 million after an extensive investigation by federal prosecutors in Texas. The investigation alleged that the tech...
View Article“Entirely Comfortable” With a “Monster”: A Striking Decision From an Unlikely...
As we have discussed before, whistleblower and retaliation decisions—including from the Supreme Court of the United States—have created an increasingly whistleblower-friendly body of law that unifies...
View ArticleWhen Titans Clash: California Whistleblower Protections Trump Law on Review...
Health care employers face myriad challenges in complying with numerous laws—with physician hospital staff privileges and whistleblower issues not least among them. On the privileges side, a...
View ArticleElectronic Recordkeeping: OSHA Manages to Make a Bad Proposal Even Worse
In November 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed regulations requiring employers to submit injury and illness data electronically, rather than maintain paper OSHA...
View ArticleWhat’s Ahead in 2015 for Retailers in Labor and Employment Law? Part II
The recent Ogletree Deakins webinar, “What’s Ahead in 2015 for Retailers in Labor and Employment Law,” featured leaders in the retail industry and labor and employment attorneys—Randel K. Johnson,...
View ArticleSEC Investigating Companies’ Employment Contracts That Restrict Whistleblowing
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may soon be investigating the agreements companies make with their employees. According to a February 25, 2015 Wall Street Journal report, the SEC has...
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