MPG’s Public Comments to the EEOC
Our last blog discussed my concerns about the recent Wal-Mart v. Dukes Supreme Court decision. At a conference I recently attended in New Orleans, I got the opportunity to express them to an EEOC Commissioner’s legal advisor. The result was the following letter in the form of a Public Comment which I hope gives you [...]
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Supreme Court Gets It Wrong in Dukes v. Wal-Mart
Many employers in addition to Wal-Mart itself rejoiced at news of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, one of the largest employment discrimination class actions ever. Like the Supreme Court, they were wrong – way wrong. In this case, certified in 2010 as a class-action, a number of named plaintiffs sued on behalf [...]
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Sitting on the Witness Stand to Walk the Compliance Walk: Part 2
As I wrote in my February 8th blog, January was a busy month for me of expert witness testimony in compliance trials. The results of the second trial are back and I can now share them with you for the purpose of examining the compliance lessons to be learned. This lawsuit was brought by an [...]
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The 7 Essential Personal Qualities of a Good Workplace Investigator
We’ve talked before about the The 7 Essential Elements of a Corporate Compliance Program and The 7 Qualities of a Good Workplace Investigation. We’ve also talked in our Choosing the Right Investigator series about the types of skill sets and knowledge bases that workplace investigators can and do possess. Now it’s time to get personal, [...]
View PostSitting on the Witness Stand to Walk the Compliance Walk
I’m hoping that you’ve noticed that I have been absent from the compliance blogosphere for a while. Of course you have! Right? Well, at any rate, I have a great excuse: I have been on the witness stand in no less than four compliance cases in the last few weeks, offering expert witness testimony concerning [...]
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The Mark Hurd Affair Revisited – Again!
Mark Hurd and his termination from Hewlett-Packard over allegations of sexual harassment and finagling of expense reports hit the headlines yet again this weekend. This time, HP announced it was reshuffling its Board and launching an “independent investigation” of the conduct that led to Hurd’s termination. The latter, at least, is clearly in response to [...]
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Compliance (or lack thereof) in the News
With the exception of Steve Jobs’ medical leave from Apple, Tuesday’s business headlines were all about compliance – or to be precise – non-compliance. The top stories were: “Goldman Limits Facebook Investment to Foreign Clients” The problem arises from the widely-touted “private placement” scheme that Goldman created to buy prized Facebook shares and then sell [...]
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