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On June 13, 2019 the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor and Department of the Treasury released final regulations that create new healthcare coverage options for employers and employees....By: Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

In an effort to prevent persons with criminal records from being automatically ruled out for job vacancies, Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed “ban the box” legislation. The new law will go into effect in September 2019 for employers with at...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

As we have previously discussed, the Puerto Rico Department of Labor (PR DOL) recently published the first edition of its Guidelines on the Interpretation of Puerto Rico’s Employment Legislation (Guidelines), which includes the PR DOL’s official...By: Littler

Major changes to New York’s harassment laws were among the flurry of bills advanced and passed by the New York State Legislature in the final hours of its 2019 Legislative Session. Employers will face greater potential liability under bills passed on...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Changes on the horizon will require employers throughout New York State to make significant changes to their workplace discrimination and harassment prevention plans and policies. A bill passed on June 19 by the State Assembly and Senate offers...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Nonprofit Fired Employee Who Required Extended Leave, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO -- Illinois Action for Children (IAFC), a large Illinois child care and childhood education-related nonprofit, has agreed to pay a former employee $60,000 and...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The Qualified Opportunity Zone rules under Section 1400Z of the Internal Revenue Code permit certain investors to realize substantial tax benefits if they invest capital into federally-designated low-income communities known as “qualified opportunity...By: King & Spalding

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: • Just who are your friends and why does it matter. (FT) • Networking for newbies. (Washington Post) • Who are your friends (Part Duex). (NYT) • Ex-head of Interpol pleads guility to corruption in Chinese...By: Thomas Fox

In this special bonus podcast, I am joined by Jay Rosen to discuss the stunning resolution to one of the longest running bribery, corruption and money-laundering sagas on the international stage, the FCPA enforcement action against the world’s...By: Thomas Fox

In this five-part podcast series, I visit with Terry L Orr, a Managing Director at Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps, the sponsor of this series. We visit on the current state of compliance through the lens of recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...By: Thomas Fox