New Filing Requirements Imposed on Corporations Effective January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act requires many  companies to make reports with information about the company and individuals who exercise "substantial control" of the company with the Treasury Department's Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN).The reports are filed on-line and the process is relatively easy for a single company. For companies with subsidiaries, the process can be more complicated. There are exemptions, but most of those exemptions do not apply to a small business. There are both civil and criminal penalties if you do not comply with the filing requirements of the Act.If

EEOC Issues Finalized Guidance for Harassment in the Workplace The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace on April 29, 2024. The Guidance obtained approval from a majority vote of the EEOC commissioners, who considered 38,000 public comments on the EEOC’s proposed harassment guidance, issued October 2, 2023. The EEOC’s stated aim for the Guidance is to “help people feel safe on the job and assist employers in creating respectful workplaces.”To reach this aim, the Guidance lists new kinds of discriminatory behavior, such as online harassment in virtual work environments, refusal to use a