2004 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Require Employers to Periodically Train All Employees on Workplace Ethics (2004) resource Articles Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 directed the United States Sentencing Commission to ensure that the Federal Sentencing Guidelines were "sufficient to deter and punish" organizational criminal misconduct. In response, the Sentencing Commission proposed important amendments to the Guidelines - which will become law on November 1, 2004.
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2005 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey resource Research / Studies Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
American Management Association (AMA) - Employers increasingly are using policy and technology to manage productivity and protect resources.
The 2005 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey was co-sponsored by the American Management Association and The ePolicy Institute. A total of 526 companies participated: 23% represent companies employing 100 or fewer workers, 101–500 employees (25%), 501–1,000 (10%), 1,001–2,500 (13%), 2,501–5,000 (7%) and 5,001 or more (22%).
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2006 Corporate Governance and Compliance Hotline Benchmarking Report (Deloitte) resource Research / Studies OCEG Reviewed
Assessing organizational health is a challenging, ongoing process – one that requires vigilant monitoring. Countless organizations have found hotlines and helplines to be invaluable tools in this process; as such mechanisms generate critical employee feedback and information.
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2007 Review of Payroll Systems: Keeping Ownership of the Client Payroll Relationship (2007) resource Articles Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
According to the IRS, 40 percent of small businesses pay average payroll penalties of $845 per year for late or incorrect filings. Non-penalized mistakes, such as incorrect pay amounts, missing checks and other issues can also cause temporary headaches for employees and, in turn, the business owner having to look into and reprint a check.
The CPA Technology Advisor, September 2007
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26 CFR Part 54 Pension Excise Taxes resource National Regulations Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
Federal regulations regarding sections of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act. As posted by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805, unless otherwise noted.
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26 CFR Part 54.4980B-1, COBRA in general resource National Regulations Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
The COBRA continuation coverage requirements are described in general in a question-and-answer format.
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29 CFR Labor All Parts resource National Regulations Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
Table of contents as linked to the full text of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Labor.
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29 CFR Part 1604.11 - Sexual Harassment resource National Regulations Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
Harassment on the basis of sex is a violation of section 703 of title VII.
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29 CFR Part 1625, Age Discrimination in Employment Act Interpretations and Substantive Regulations resource National Regulations Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
Federal regulations implementing the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.
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29 CFR Part 1625.22 - Waiver of rights and claims under the ADEA resource National Regulations Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
Federal regulations implementing the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Congress amended the ADEA in 1990 to clarify the prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age.
The ADEA expressly provides that waivers may be valid and enforceable under the ADEA only if the waiver is “knowing and voluntary”
The ADEA is codified at 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.
