Compliance

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    Construction firm to pay $50K to settle claim it retaliated against HR manager for investigating harassment

    Pro Pallet allegedly chastised the HR manager for investigating the complaint, reassigned major parts of her job to others, and excluded her from meetings.

    By Ginger Christ • July 17, 2024
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    What employers can expect following the end of Chevron deference

    For one thing, the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulations may not fare well under federal courts’ scrutiny post-Chevron, a former DOL official told HR Dive.

    By Ryan Golden • July 17, 2024
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    5 takeaways on costs, challenges of climate disclosure compliance

    Complacency regarding the SEC’s now-stayed rules could leave companies “scrambling to try to get ready” once they are put in place, PwC’s Marc Siegel said.

    By Maura Webber Sadovi • July 15, 2024
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    Citi to pay $135.6M in new penalties over 2020 orders

    The bank has made insufficient progress toward resolving nagging data quality, risk management and internal control issues, the OCC and Federal Reserve said.

    By Dan Ennis • July 11, 2024
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    AI policy, compliance leave lawyers more skeptical than executives: survey

    North America has so far adopted an “innovation-friendly” approach to AI regulations compared to countries in Europe and Asia, a report finds.

    By • July 10, 2024
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    Risk escalates as communication channels proliferate

    The chance of losing data to a breach rises in tandem with the number of channels — like email and file sharing — that an organization uses.

    By • July 9, 2024
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    Boeing would become a felon under DOJ plea deal

    The aerospace and defense giant would plead guilty to one criminal count, pay a $244 million fine and operate under an oversight monitor for three years.

    By • July 8, 2024
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    Disability nonprofit will pay over $1M for allegedly failing to accommodate deaf workers

    The EEOC’s recently updated guidance on the ADA and hearing disabilities addresses some of the accommodation issues raised in the case.

    By Laurel Kalser • July 8, 2024
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    Regulatory uncertainty ahead as SCOTUS rulings give companies incentive to sue government

    The rulings also mean regulators won’t be able to tilt toward the president’s political sentiments as much as in the past, legal experts say. 

    By • July 3, 2024
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    OSHA proposes rule to protect workers from extreme heat

    The standard would require employers to provide water and rest breaks when high heat creates a hazardous work environment.

    By Zachary Phillips • July 2, 2024
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    Supreme Court significantly expands time to sue government agencies

    In yet another setback for federal agencies, the justices ruled that plaintiffs have six years to sue an agency from the time of their claimed injury.

    By David Weisenfeld • July 1, 2024
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    Title VII’s future will be shaped by AI, recent SCOTUS rulings, attorneys say

    The law’s anti-discrimination provisions remain a topic of complex debate, and sources who spoke to HR Dive expect the conversation to carry on well into the next several years.

    By Ryan Golden • July 1, 2024
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    Supreme Court defangs key SEC enforcement power

    This 6-3 ruling strikes down the Securities and Exchange Commission’s in-house system for deciding civil fraud penalties.

    By David Weisenfeld • June 27, 2024
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    Using deferred compensation to meet Dodd-Frank clawback obligations

    The process could be a quick and easy way to handle executive repayments, but there are IRS rules to navigate, legal specialists say.

    By • June 26, 2024
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    SEC’s $2.1M fine on RR Donnelly over hack response slammed as overreach

    The agency’s assertion that a cybersecurity failure can be punished as an “internal accounting controls” violation is raising eyebrows.

    By Alexei Alexis • June 25, 2024
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    EU competition charge against Apple is a preliminary finding

    The company has until March to respond to the regulator’s claim that it’s not allowing developers to communicate directly to their customers within their apps.

    By • June 24, 2024
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    Deere to pay $1.1M over racial discrimination allegations

    The company was cited for allegedly discriminating against 277 Black and Hispanic job applicants at facilities in Illinois and Iowa.

    By Kate Magill • June 20, 2024
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    EEOC releases anti-harassment guide for contractors

    The federal agency wants to empower the industry to make the jobsite safer for all workers, Vice Chair Jocelyn Samuels told Construction Dive.

    By Julie Strupp • June 18, 2024
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    Oil trading giant hit with $55M fine for market manipulation

    Trafigura engaged in insider trading to influence prices and misused NDAs to keep employees from coming forward, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission says.

    By • June 18, 2024
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    Former NLRB chair Ring says agency is ‘rewriting’ federal labor law

    The remarks come at a pivotal moment in U.S. labor law after several successful union drives nationwide and with NLRB’s Chair Lauren McFerran up for renomination.

    By Ryan Golden • June 13, 2024
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    Uber loses gig worker court decision

    The battle over whether gig workers are independent contractors continues. A separate court case will decide the legality of a Lyft- and Uber-backed ballot measure in California that would define them as such.

    By Dan Zukowski • June 11, 2024
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    Colorado AI law puts risk management front and center

    Companies that follow accountability and disclosure practices benefit from a rebuttable presumption that they exercised reasonable care and an affirmative defense against prosecution.

    By • May 21, 2024
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    Big fines aren’t burdensome for many companies, analysis finds

    In a number of cases, headline-grabbing fines only require a few days’ worth of earnings to pay.

    By • May 13, 2024
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    What to know about the DOJ’s M&A safe harbor policy

    Extending due diligence beyond traditional document review and implementing strong post-closing integration are among the ways to identify potential violations before they cause problems.

    By William S. Barrett and Melody M. Block • May 2, 2024
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    Big fines might get employees to end off-channel communications

    Companies must get a handle on unsupported networks even if they’re not technically illegal outside of some federal rules, enforcement specialists say. 

    By • May 2, 2024