Start Summer Employees Off on the Right Foot with Compliance Training
Ensuring summer employees and managers receive proper training is essential to creating a good seasonal work experience and keeping an organization compliant with state and federal laws.
Proximity Bias in a Hybrid Work Environment
Having created job opportunities for hybrid or remote workers, we must now adapt our business models and decision-making processes to apply at an individual level, too.
4 Signs That Your DEI Employee Training Has Been Ineffective
As an HR or compliance professional, what are those early warning signals that prior DEI training has been ineffective? In other words, what are the canaries in your coal mine?
Podcast: From a Feature-Based to a Problem-Based Website
In this episode of the Pathmonk Presents podcast, CEO J Rollins sheds light on ETHIX360’s journey from a feature-focused startup to a problem-focused company.
How to Make Your LGBTQ+ Employees Feel Welcome at Work
Make sure your organization is doing its part to be clear about LGBTQ+ support and acceptance, insists on employees being respectful, and has the tools in place to help employees when inequities come to light.
Workplace Substance Abuse: More Post-COVID Worries?
We all want our employees to be healthy and engaged, and we know that substance abuse, especially in the workplace, tends to disengage employees. Not to mention the obvious impacts on health.
A Markovian Approach to Risk Management
In the past few years, we have all heard more than once that we need to “trust the science.” When it comes to risk in this context, the science is what is referred to as a Markov Chain, or Markovian Process.
No Weapons Allowed? Says Who?
Employers need to know they have the power to enforce whether they will or will not allow firearms on their property, but proper enforcement requires clear policies, effective training, and attentive case management.
An 80's Rock Lesson for HR in 2022
Over 20 years before they were admitted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Clash released the hit single Should I Stay or Should I Go? How many times does that same question go through your employee’s heads?
A Conversation Over Coffee
One of the most interesting parts of my job, and the one I look forward to the most, is sitting down and having a one-on-one conversation with our clients. Not in a formal setting or with an agenda, but a simple conversation over a cup of coffee.
Pawternity Leave is a Thing.
I read with interest a blog post from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans concerning employers considering “pet-friendly” benefits. Pawternity leave is for real, and not just a punchline. The number of companies offering this is still small, but it’s growing.
Gaining Perspectives on Risk
Given an ever-increasing global threat level, and more compliance issues than ever before with more emerging every day, advance warning becomes the single most critical step companies can take to aggregating risk and threats into a single view.
Cracking the Code on Data Breach Investigations
We all understand the cost of a data breach, whether it be reputational or financial ruin. In fact, in an actual data breach event, the best-case outcome is minimal damage because you cannot escape totally unscathed.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Continues to be a Priority
It's time to refocus and take the opportunity to build employee training programs that raise the bar on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
The SEC, Jordan Thomas, and Compensating Whistleblowers
The possibility of being blacklisted by employers and other overt forms of retaliation discouraged whistleblowers from reporting wrongdoings for many years. Turns out, $562 million dollars is a strong incentive for people to come forward.
Data Breach Decisions: A Turning of The Tide
Compensation claims for data breaches have become increasingly common in the UK in recent years. This alert from our friends at Crowell & Moring looks at a few such decisions and their potential consequences.
When Dinosaurs Wore Suits
Those who believe sexual harassment is acceptable, a.k.a. dinosaurs in suits, aren’t extinct. But it’s a new day now, and every business has a moral obligation to maintain a harassment-free workplace.
Hurricanes, Blizzards, and Pandemics... OH MY!
There’s a lot of justifiable fear walking into 2022, just as there was for our three heroes walking into the dark forest that night many years ago. What will our lions, tigers, and bears be in the coming 12 months?
The EU Whistleblower Directive - a View from 15,000 Feet
In 2019, the European Union Council of Ministers adopted what would become known as the EU Whistleblower Directive, or commonly called the WB Directive. The Directive was put in place specifically to protect whistleblowers from retaliation and encourage the reporting of violations of Union law by driving common standards.
ETHIX360 Named a "Startup to Watch" for 2022
As 2021 comes to a close, Charlotte Inno has published their top 10 list of startups to watch in 2022. ETHIX360 is excited and humbled to have been included in the list alongside other groundbreaking local startups.