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At this fall’s Decipher Talent Economics Roundtable, hosted by Baker McKenzie in Chicago, we showcased the critical role operations teams play in driving law firm profitability. While investment in human capital (lateral...more
The digitalisation of work is having a profound impact on the skills that employers need from their workforce, resulting in the competing challenges of skilled worker shortages and widespread redundancies. The solution to...more
In 2025, the business environment will continue to be challenging, with increasing uncertainty and disruptions impacting companies and their employees. Emerging technologies are rapidly retooling, if not revolutionizing,...more
In all our work with clients, my evaluation and expectations around compliance readiness come down to one point: Governance. This can mean a variety of things when it comes to a compliance program, but overall, we boil it...more
On December 7, 2024, House and Senate Armed Services committee leaders unveiled legislative text (H.R. 5009) and a joint explanatory statement for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 must-pass defense authorization bill, which contains...more
On September 20, 2024, Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chair Jack Reed (D-RI) and Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) filed a managers package to the SASC-passed version of the fiscal year (FY) 2025 National Defense...more
Employment lawsuits typically involve allegations of an employer’s wrongdoing – claims that the employer or its agents intended to and did mistreat, discriminate, or retaliate against employees. However, these “bad actor”...more
Investing in growth companies involves the deployment of value-creation initiatives and insightful metrics. Delivering profitable growth and managing the risks of an asset hinges on the ability to make informed, holistic, and...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a February 27th report titled: Perspectives on Capacity: Managing Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Infrastructure...more
This checklist highlights certain considerations for companies preparing to file annual reports on Form 10-K for the calendar year ended 2023 and is intended to serve as a focused resource highlighting changes in disclosure...more
This memorandum outlines key considerations from White & Case's Public Company Advisory Group for foreign private issuers ("FPIs") during the 2024 annual reporting season, divided into two sections: Form 20-F Housekeeping...more
As the calendar year flips over to 2024, we want to remind registrants about several new rules that will impact disclosure for the 2023 Form 10-K and 2024 proxy season, update the status of some pending Securities and...more
As we head into year-end, annual reporting season for FPIs is just around the corner. FPIs are required to file an annual report on Form 20-F with the SEC within four months after the end of their fiscal year (or until April...more
In August 2020, as part of an overhaul of Reg S-K, the SEC adopted a new requirement to discuss human capital, taking a principles-based approach. For the most part, the initial response to the new requirement was...more
Ask any long-time HR professional what the most significant change of the last few years has been, and they’ll all tell you the same things: the use of HR technology and the investment in human capital. The two are...more
In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, mid-market capitalization investors have a unique opportunity to acquire or establish Shared Service Centers for their portfolio companies. This would provide scale for...more
With the rise of ESG-focused investing, public companies are increasingly making detailed statements about their workforce composition, DEI efforts, and social values. Those statements may reflect the company’s priorities,...more
On Thursday last week, the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee voted to approve, with two abstentions, a subcommittee recommendation regarding human capital management disclosure. You probably remember that, in 2020, during the...more
Following the death of George Floyd and mass protests against racial inequity in 2020 culminating years of slowly building stakeholder pressure on various aspects of diversity, many companies expressed their commitment to...more
Forfeiture clauses are one tactic. They provide a meaningful disincentive for employees to engage in competitive behavior. Noncompetes are under siege on multiple fronts. Originally published in Legal Dive - September...more
With a labor shortage that is not going away for at least the next two decades, the battle to hire and retain talent will remain in the headlines. Everyone has an opinion about why we have this shortage, why employees leave...more
As more advisory services, investment companies, and public companies have publicized their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a set of new rules...more
“An incentive compensation program should drive behavior, engagement and results that a company wants its employees, customers and investors to know are important to it. Incorporate ESG incrementally and with that broader...more
Companies are increasingly exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making technologies to manage human capital, including for recruitment, hiring and performance purposes. Vendors offer...more
Join us for a contemporary discussion on the current landscape of human capital disclosures. Speakers will engage in a conversational style to answer important questions about the demands on employers, the risks associated...more