HR Compliance

What Kinds of Social Media Posts are Protected? Employees are increasingly using social media to complain about their employment and employers.  As a result, employment-law retaliation claims based on social media activity are on the rise. Employers must treat social...

Many states have increased the frequency with which they conduct wage audits, while others have enacted fines related to improper or incomplete wage audit responses; both scenarios can create real risk for employers. Both companies and state agencies stand to...

How to Protect Your Employees The tragic terrorist attacks in Brussels and Istanbul earlier this year have raised many questions and concerns from organizations with traveling employees. Employers must be prepared for the worst and know how to keep staff...

The corporate “gatekeepers,” attorneys and compliance officers, are often most likely to learn about illegalities, and they are also the most challenged as prospective whistleblowers. Few definitive rules exist, but due to legal, ethical or fiduciary constraints, they may be...

Monitoring and auditing travel and expense reports is no walk in the park, particularly at large organizations. The experts at Oversight Systems, which examines trillions of dollars of expense transactions annually, has identified some trends and vulnerabilities. Oversight’s Nathanael L’Heureux...

The SEC has taken an aggressive stance against the use of employee confidentiality agreements that may discourage whistleblowers. While the agency has only brought one enforcement action based solely on such an agreement, the message is clear: Employers should think...

As wage garnishments continue to affect employees, employers in many states are becoming increasingly liable to creditors. But many organizations still overlook wage garnishments and view them as an obscure and complex aspect of business. As a result, many myths...

Organizations may face a host of hurdles during the onboarding process, but perhaps none quite as challenging as maintaining compliance with state-specific new hire notification requirements. These mandates are often ambiguous and difficult to track, yet following them to the...

Hiring and retaining capable executives who will drive performance can be a daunting task for any company. It is important to incentivize management employees to meet their goals while also protecting the business from poor performance and incidents of misconduct.

Compliance with regulatory requirements can get complicated when companies in highly regulated industries take to social media. Subject matter expert Joanna Belbey offers five steps to ensure that when your company posts, they do so purposefully, knowledgeably and well within...

The workforce is continually evolving, and companies are leveraging remote workers now more than ever. Cost efficient and convenient as off-site staff can be, remote staff can pose compliance challenges for their employers. The process for completing I-9 forms, for...

HR is the keeper of confidential information on applicants, employees and clients and the birthplace of policy and a range of interoffice communications, from new HIPAA regulations to the holiday party. Implementing and enforcing a two-tier security approach will guard...