The Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice recently updated its guidance document for the "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs."

Does your company's compliance program satisfy the guidance - get a compliance audit to find out ASAP.

To satisfy the guidance, your company needs to:

• Address risk assessment, including constant updates and revisions; 
• Offer accessible policies and procedures;
• Train and communicate;
• Investigate with a confidential reporting structure; 
• Address / train / evaluate its third-party partners, like agents, consultants, and distributors; and
• Evaluate targets' exposure before merging or acquiring.

New York City has added yet another protected class to its human rights law. Effective May 20, 2019, NYC will prohibit employment discrimination based on an employee's "sexual and reproductive health decisions" which is defined as "any decision by an individual to receive services ... relating to sexual and reproductive health." Such services include but are not limited to:

1. Fertility-related medical procedures
2. Sexually transmitted disease prevention, testing and treatment
3. Family planning and counseling, i.e. birth control drugs, emergency contraception, sterilization procedures, pregnancy testing and abortion.

The text of the new law can be found here. All NYC employers should review and revise their internal policies prior to May 20, 2019 to limit exposure under this new law.

By Assembly Bill A5976, which has passed the NYS Assembly, sexual harassment trainings are going to become discrimination trainings in the near term - all protected classes, not just sex. As the Senate and the Governor are also in the same political party as the Assembly, it is expected to become law. Stay tuned.

We are thrilled to announce that we have enhanced our training center with an Audience Response System.

Now Lieb School and Lieb Compliance trainings at 308 W. Main Street, Smithtown New York will include an interactive component for student engagement that is second to none.

This system was specifically added for our sexualharassmenttrainingny.com program to empower audience members, who are otherwise reluctant to share their stories, by letting them know that their co-workers have had a similar experience. When the silent majority speaks, change happens.

We can't wait to learn with you.

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