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Corporate Sustainability in a Pandemic

6/29/20: Business doesn’t stop even under the dark shadow of a pandemic but it is different today than it was just a year ago. So, in the midst of wrenching discussions about workforce, products, supply chains, facility closures and finance, where does corporate sustainability stack up? Is it even part of the discussion? In an article published on Greenbug, Heather Clancy provides insight into what companies are doing...

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Lockdown Creates New Compliance Risks

6/15/20: The lockdown may be easing in some places.  Although some people are flocking to public eating and entertainment venues, a surprisingly large number are staying at home, not only for entertainment but also for work.  In fact, there’s good evidence that many employees will not return to their offices for some time, often at the direction of their employers....

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The Last Acceptable Bias

6/15/20: At the end of 2019, Joe Kita wrote an article for AARP in which he notes references a comprehensive report about age discrimination, noting “It concluded that even though 50 years had passed since Congress outlawed the practice, ‘age discrimination remains a significant and costly problem for workers, their families and our economy.’”...

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A Lawsuit About Working at Home

6/15/20: With all the cases of employees working at home during the pandemic, it’s not surprising that a lawsuit would emerge somewhere along the line. That happened recently when single mother Stephanie Jones, director of revenue management with Eastern Airlines, asked her employer for two hours off each day to care for her child, who could not attend school because of school closures...

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No Lockdown on Fraud

6/15/20: Mark Schena, president of Arrayit Corporation, became the first criminal securities fraud prosecution related to the COVID-19 pandemic brought by the US Department of Justice. He’s not likely to be the last. The DOJ charged Schena with one count of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud related to submission of $69 million in false claims for allergy and COVID-19 testing...

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