http://blog.businesscontrols.com Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:55:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last month, President Bush signed into law new amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). The amendments were a bipartisan effort and compromise between disability rights groups and business groups, including the Society for Human Resources Management, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Manufacturers. Overall, ... http://blog.businesscontrols.com/?p=35 Business Controls, Inc. will be hosting a three-part training series November 4th, 5th, and 6th at our Littleton, CO office. These full-day trainings are designed to provide guidance on improving internal controls and processes and help organizations detect, investigate, and prevent employee misconduct. Attendees can register for one training or ... http://blog.businesscontrols.com/?p=34 U.S. airlines carried an estimated 660 million passengers last year and only .005% of all checked baggage was permanently lost. Yet mishandled baggage, the term used by the airline industry for missing or delayed baggage, continues to frustrate thousands of travelers every day. Reporting your lost luggage Your luggage is the responsibility ... http://blog.businesscontrols.com/?p=33 According to Amerigroup’s website, they are a company “dedicated exclusively to caring for the financially vulnerable, seniors and people with disabilities through publicly-funded programs”. This past Tuesday they settled the largest jury verdict ever awarded under the False Claims Act to the tune of $234 million In 2006, Cleveland Tyson, a ... http://blog.businesscontrols.com/?p=32 Florida has joined a small number of states, including Georgia and Tennessee, to pass legislation that prohibits business owners from implementing policies that restrict employees and others from bringing legally-licensed firearms onto their property. On April 15, 2008, Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed into law legislation that will allow employees ... http://blog.businesscontrols.com/?p=31 Last week the Supreme Court ruled that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting. The 5-4 decision struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns and became the Court’s first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. The Second Amendment, ratified in1791, reads: "A ... http://blog.businesscontrols.com/?p=29 The class-action law suit giant Milberg Weiss finally admits criminal conduct and agrees to pay $75 million and not fight federal charges of paying kickbacks to several clients. The agreement ends a seven year probe into the practices of the law firm (renamed Milberg LLP). To date four former Milberg ... http://blog.businesscontrols.com/?p=24 I have received a great deal of feedback from readers regarding my thoughts on pretexting. Additionally, I have also heard from many members of the investigative community, most of whom are outraged by the position (or lack there of) taken by ASIS International. One such individual is Ms. Kitty Hailey, ... http://blog.businesscontrols.com/?p=27 According to the Associated Press, "work has resumed at a western Kentucky plastics plant where an employee shot five people dead and killed himself early Wednesday morning. Police say 25-year-old Wesley N. Higdon fatally shot his supervisor and four others early Wednesday and then turned the gun on himself. Another ... http://blog.businesscontrols.com/?p=25 A couple of posts ago I wrote about TJX Companies (the operator of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and a number of other retail chains) and its decision to fire an employee for allegedly disclosing confidential information. Nick Benson, an employee at the TJ Maxx outlet in Lawrence, Kansas, had complained to ... http://blog.businesscontrols.com/?p=23