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Workplace Mental Health: Strategies for Stress and Anxiety Relief
Chatbots, Trust and Helplines
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Innovation in Compliance - Exploring Sustainable Leadership and Accountability with Gina Cotner
Tools to Address Workplace Violence in the Retail Sector
Culture Crafters - Ethics Culture Divide, Part 1 - The Critical Connection Between Culture and Ethics in Organizations
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending October 4, 2025
Compliance Tip of the Day - Compliance Lessons from the Wolf Man
Great Women in Compliance - Civility Counts: Fostering Respect & Voice at Work with Jelahn Stewart and Katharine Manning
FCPA Compliance Report - Middle Managers Are the Key - Evie Wentink’s Evolution in Compliance
Creativity and Compliance - Using Creativity to Market Compliance
AI Today in 5: September 24, 2025, The AI Literacy Edition
Upping Your Game - The Future of Compliance Education: Leveraging AI for Targeted Training
Training Repayment Agreement Provisions: Is It a TRAP or a Benefit? What's the Tea in L&E?
Why Partner Development is the Key to Law Firm Resilience: On Record PR
Developing Tomorrow’s Law Firm Leaders: From Water Cooler Moments to Leadership Academies - On Record PR
ERGs: Valuable or Vulnerable?
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Senate Bill (SB) 513, now law, quietly but significantly expands what California employers must track in personnel files and share with employees. What’s New Under SB 513?...more
With the conclusion of California’s 2025 legislative session, businesses that operate in California should review and prepare for new employment laws that will take effect in 2026. What follows is a summary of the most...more
California recently enacted two employee‑rights measures that will impact human resources recordkeeping and employee communications in 2026. Senate Bill 513 (SB 513) expands the personnel records that current and former...more
California has taken a key retention tool away from employers: starting in January 2026, employers will no longer be able to contractually require an employee to repay any debt to the employer, training provider, or debt...more
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Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 513, which expands the scope of personnel documents employers must allow current and former employees to inspect. Previously, under the California labor code, employers were required...more
On September 11, 2025, the California Legislature passed a bill that would ban “stay or pay” terms in employment contracts, which require employees to pay their employer back for certain costs if they leave the job. Governor...more
California is poised to sharply curtail “stay-or-pay” arrangements beginning in 2026, extending the state’s long-standing commitment to employee mobility. Assembly Bill 692 (AB 692), passed by the Legislature and expected to...more
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