In today’s fast-paced work environments, employee safety and well-being are more important than ever. Your organization’s injury reporting process is a key part of any safety management program. Of course, reporting injuries is critical when the injury happens. It ensures that injured employees get the immediate medical they need. But it’s also the cornerstone for…
Understanding HIPAA Compliance Defining HIPAA Compliance The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or “HIPAA”, sets standards to protect sensitive and individually identifiable Protected Health Information (PHI) from disclosure. Under HIPAA, any company or individual that comes into contact with PHI must implement appropriate protective policies and procedures. And implementing and following those procedures is…
How to facilitate a smooth transition back to the workplace Just when we thought we were out of the woods, the cold season sneaked upon us with surges in COVID-19 cases and its new variants. While vaccine counts and booster shots are consistently climbing, COVID’s varients have surprised many of us and unfortunately, affected our…
As COVID-19 case numbers in the US continue to coast at an all time high, we need to keep our safety guards up now more than ever. Though, as the winter season pushes us indoors and reports of a vaccine grow more promising each day, we may continue to see our infection numbers climb. With…
This election season, gig economy companies, namely Uber and Lyft, spent over $200 million campaigning in favor of CA Prop 22. This high profile proposition amended 2018’s Assembly Bill (AB) 5, which took effect in January 2020. AB 5 was intended to end worker misclassification by gig employers, and force these companies to grant full-time…
“Were we true to our core values?” This question is probably not on many organization’s transitions to a normal checklist in their Business Continuity Plan. Following the pandemic, business leaders will gather to review how their organizations responded to the crisis and will convene a roundtable of leaders to review their actions. Discussions will ensue…
2020 is a milestone that represents “the future of work” – a more efficient world where we can scale our guidance to employees in real-time and have data inform our corporate governance decisions. Even so, we’ve experienced several recent culture failures stemming from the same governance dynamics that seem to cycle through every generation. Before…
This week, Techstars will be hosting its 7th annual FounderCon, an event in which hundreds of Techstars Founders come together to collaborate and share their expertise on start-up culture. From Tuesday, October 24th, through Thursday the 26th, Techstars will host this conference in Oakland, CA. As a crucial voice on workplace culture, Emtrain Founder and CEO…
For many, navigating antitrust and competition law is not intuitive. Having access to experts on the topic when issues arise can help employees make better decisions that won’t land your organization in hot water with government agencies. What is Antitrust? “..to protect the process of competition for the benefit of consumers, making sure there are…
As the Wells Fargo scandal continues to unfold, it’s become clear that we need external checks and balances in place to hold publicly traded companies accountable. Internal controls can only go so far if your executive team is negatively influencing workers from the top-down. What went awry at Wells Fargo? Let’s explore what happened in…