California Gov. Edmund Brown in late September signed bills aimed at protecting consumers in the ever-changing arena of guarding their personal information. Knowing your rights is half the battle; stay abreast of these changes so you can detect when your information is at risk and what you can do about it. Alexa, keep the bad guys out: California breaks new ground to guard consumer privacy Technology is evolving at breakneck speed, and California wants to make sure new tech doesn’t … [Read more...]
Labor Department Clarifies Overtime Pay, Other Requirements
With our nation’s complex labor laws, it’s not easy to know whether you’re being paid fairly for all your hard work. Key sticking points can include overtime pay and non-work activities encouraged by your employer. Fortunately, new guidance sheds light on some of those concerns. At the end of August, the U.S. Department of Labor posted a series of opinion letters addressing compensation issues related to employer-sponsored wellness activities, overtime pay and volunteering. The letters are … [Read more...]
Whistleblower Activity Jumps; Regulators Offer More and Bigger Rewards
More people have stepped up as whistleblowers, and federal markets regulators are repaying their courage with significant cash in a renewed push to work with and reward those who report wrongdoing. In September alone, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission handed out nearly $60 million in awards, including its second-largest award ever. Meanwhile, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission — which had been relatively quiet, making only four awards since its whistleblower program’s … [Read more...]
Whistleblower Retaliation Takes a Troubling Turn
A new workplace ethics survey reveals concerning news: Employees who report wrongdoing are much more likely to pay for their honesty today. The rate of retaliation against whistleblowers doubled from 22 percent in 2013 to 44 percent in 2017, according to the latest Global Business Ethics Survey from the Ethics & Compliance Initiative. On the surface, it would seem that this backlash is because reporting of misconduct hit the highest recorded rates in the 24-year-old survey’s … [Read more...]
Research Shows 76% of Data Breaches are Financially Driven; Are You Safe?
You’re a regular citizen, not a multimillionaire. You don’t have access to anything hackers would want, like government information or the designs for the next iPhone. You don’t flaunt your cash, and you don’t leave your passwords lying around. So why not let your eyes glaze over when you hear someone mention a “data breach”? Because the criminals trying to get your money don’t care how much you have — they just care that it’s easy to get. And yes, money remains the key motivator in … [Read more...]
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