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Compliance Guides

Written references for the work, not the marketing.

Six long-form guides drawn from the empathiHR practice, for the HR leader, GC, or compliance partner who wants the operating reference, not the high-level pitch.

PDF · 32pp

The 2026 Multi-State Harassment Training Mandate Map

Side-by-side breakdown of all seven mandate states, NYC, Chicago, and D.C.: thresholds, durations, frequencies, content requirements, recordkeeping, and penalties. Built for the multi-state HR practitioner who needs one document, not eleven.

State Compliance Training Compliance
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PDF · 28pp

The Affirmative Defense Field Guide

What Faragher v. Boca Raton and Burlington v. Ellerth actually require, broken down into the operational program that satisfies each prong, with documentation checkpoints your counsel can review.

Affirmative Defense EEOC
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PDF · 44pp

Workplace Investigation Playbook

Step-by-step investigation methodology: intake, scoping, witness interviews, evidence preservation, video documentation, finding letters, and closure. The neutral-investigator standard used in our practice.

Workplace Investigations
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PDF · 16pp

Texas SB 45 Compliance Brief

The 2021 amendments lowered the employer threshold to 1+ employee, created potential supervisor and HR personal exposure, and stretched the statute of limitations. What changed, what the case law now looks like, and what to do about it.

Texas Law State Compliance
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PDF · 22pp

Auto Dealer HR Risk Reference

Industry-specific risk patterns across sales, F&I, service, and parts: the complaint categories we see most, the supervisor behaviors that recur, and the multi-rooftop program structure that addresses them.

Automotive
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PDF · 20pp

Building Safer Ministries: A Steward's Brief

Theological framing for the staff-workplace-misconduct work, written for senior pastors, executive pastors, denominational leaders, and elders. The Five-Pillar framework translated into ministry language.

Ministry/Churches
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Guides are general information, not legal advice. Requirements change; confirm current rules with the applicable agency or your employment counsel.

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