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Sometimes it pays to pay a vendor to develop a fee proposal that it will stand behind.

The U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor was busy this week as it held two important hearings.

If you are a U.S. manufacturer with operations in Mexico, please pay attention. As we previously reported, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has certain labor union requirements...

In this series, we break down the key risks, compliance challenges, and practical considerations every employer should understand.

On March 4, 2014, the United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, expanded the protections offered to whistleblowers under anti-fraud laws, in Lawson v. FMR LLC.

While outsourcing has become commonplace in today’s business environment, the contracting process will, rightfully so, continue to challenge even the most senior outsourcing veterans.

Many businesses are likely wondering whether the new law, California Labor Code § 2810.3, will increase their liability when they subcontract work.

The court observed that the "tools were merely ancillary to the contractors’ performance of their skilled, personal labor."

Under a new General Services Administration ("GSA") rule, contractors providing information technology ("IT") supplies, services or systems to GSA will be required to submit an IT Security Plan that describes contractor compliance with federal cybersecurity regulations.

Based on the OCIE Staff's reviews of the firms' compliance policies and programs administered by outsourced CCOs, they noted the following as criteria for successful outsourcing of CCO responsibilities...

October 26, 2023, the NLRB issued new rule effective December 26, 2023, expanding the scope of the joint employer standard to encompass relationships where a company holds indirect and unexercised...

A mid-sized manufacturing company facing financial turmoil after a private equity acquisition found itself struggling with employee turnover, delayed accounting, and unreliable financial reporting. When traditional support failed to deliver the hands-on assistance needed, a specialized advisory team stepped in to restore financial clarity and guide the business from crisis to profitability.

There are many circumstances when it makes sense for a not-for-profit organization to engage the services of an outside contractor.

As part of its Outsourced CCO Initiative, OCIE examined 20 registered advisers and funds that outsource their compliance activities to assess the effectiveness of outsourced compliance programs and CCOs.

Global business services (GBS) is an organizational concept that has gone through multiple value lever phase...

The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that it has approved the plan for unlimited new gTLDs, and that ICANN will be taking applications from January 12 to April 12, 2012.

Of course your employees matter. If they didn’t, you wouldn’t hire them, trust them to do important work or keep paying them week after week.