United States: Article Featuring Co-Chair Connie Bertram Examines Best Practices To Increase Voluntary Responses To Disability Self-Identification Form

As regular readers of this blog are well aware, new OFCCP regulations require federal government contractors to invite applicants to self-identify as individuals with disabilities at both the pre- and post-offer stages of the hiring process.  This requirement has raised numerous questions and challenges for federal government contractors.  The Society for Human Resource Management (“SHRM”) recently published an article analyzing some of these issues.

One issue addressed in the SHRM article is how to increase […]

By | February 12th, 2015 ||

UK: Advocate General's Opinion In Woolworths Case Good News For Employers

The EAT decided in 2013, in a case involving numerous redundancies from various Woolworths stores, that an employer had to count all proposed dismissals across all establishments in assessing whether or not the collective redundancy consultation requirements applied.  These rules are contained in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA).

This decision was a departure from previous case law.  It also involved the EAT effectively “deleting” the words “at one establishment” from […]

By | February 12th, 2015 ||

United States: 6 Tips For Building Stronger Compliance Foundations

Enforcement cases in 2014 highlighted the increasingly complex legal, business and ethical challenges faced by legal and compliance professionals across industries and national borders. Whether they are facing the challenges of a fast-paced, demanding global business environment, budgetary pressures and limited resources, myriad and sometime conflicting regulatory regimes, whistleblower complaints or government scrutiny, legal and compliance professionals who are on the frontlines every day know that—to be successful—they must strike a thoughtful balance that […]

By | February 12th, 2015 ||