For employers seeking guidance on how to address a COVID-19 vaccination policy, this guide outlines key points when considering whether to go with a mandatory or voluntary vaccination policy. It highlights the EEOC’s position on a mandatory vaccination policy, allowance for reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, potential privacy concerns, incentivization for getting vaccinated, and other legal risks under federal and state law.
Family Office Best Practices
Resource Search
When you start the process of rethinking your family office workspace, an important step is to ask intentional questions. Beginning with the “why,” this checklist provides prompts that are intended to challenge you to think critically and inform the ways physical space can best serve the needs of your family office as you think about the future.
Eton Solutions discusses the current trends and challenges happening in the family office and presents an operating model solution in this video.
Rethinking the physical family office space is complex, especially in the new world of hybrid workstyles, and family offices may be wondering why the design of office space matters at all.The answer to this question lies in the approach. Transitions and disruptions are inevitable, but if approached in the right way and with the right resources, redesigning family office space can directly impact the family office’s level of success - both now and for generations to come.
It's essential to understand the role that the right custodian can play in helping ultra-high net worth families build, maintain, and protect their wealth. By choosing a master global custody model, family offices can gain operational efficiencies, increased security, economies of scale, and a streamlined administration process.
Attracting and retaining talent was a significant problem for many organizations before the COVID-19 pandemic, and it continues to be a major issue across most industries. While the pandemic complicated matters, business leaders should look at the talent challenge as an opportunity to reposition itself and take the necessary steps—including leveraging technology and supporting local apprenticeship and school outreach programs—to thrive in the short term and to enjoy success in the long term.
On September 29, 2022, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued its Final Rule implementing the beneficial ownership information reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act legislation. The Final Rule brings about significant revisions to the U.S. anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism compliance framework, implementing sweeping beneficial ownership disclosure requirements applicable to all U.S.
Corporate insiders pose a unique threat as they are given privileged access to the company’s assets and are trusted to use that access responsibly and ethically. However, this can go awry in several ways, from unintentional, negligent acts to intentional, malicious acts. To help prevent, detect, and respond to that threat, it’s important to address the three key risks when evaluating your Insider Threat Program.
A best-in-class family office tax function goes beyond preparing timely tax returns to drive tax strategy and reduce the overall income, gift, and estate tax burden across generations. Given the role taxes have on most families, it’s imperative for the family office to ensure it has the proper infrastructure and resources to understand, plan, and strategize from both the tax planning and compliance standpoint. Best practices are provided to help strengthen your family office’s tax capabilities.
An influx of new insurers has helped expand overall capacity in the U.S. insurance market. As the market begins to stabilize, commercial insurance buyers that maintain quality risks with strong data to back them up should begin to see relief in 2022. However, buyers in certain geographic areas, industries and other risk categories will continue to face enormous challenges.