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A Riskier Workplace Awaits – Helping Employers Before COVID-19-Related Claims Arise

Von Jill Tumney |June 24, 2021|English

COVID‑19 and the associated lockdowns may ultimately prove to be as impactful to the U.S. employment landscape as the Great Depression, passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, September 11, the Financial Crisis,...
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The EEOC’s 2020 Employee Charges and Emerging Issues

Von Alice Zelikson and Jeff Weisel |March 29, 2021|English

The 2020 numbers from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) were recently released. There were 67,448 charges of workplace discrimination made to the agency in the 2020 fiscal year.1 That’s a decline from 2019’s 72,675...
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Mandate or Encourage? The Employer Decision on COVID-19 Vaccination of Employees

Von Jill Tumney |January 27, 2021|English

After nearly a year of making difficult employment decisions, businesses across the U.S. face one more question: Should I make COVID‑19 vaccinations mandatory or voluntary for returning employees? As the vaccine rolls out and workplaces reopen, employers...
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Your Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Is Overdue - More Reasons for Buying EPLI

Von Jill Tumney |October 29, 2020|English

By December 31, 2020, all businesses with employees in Illinois must have conducted sexual harassment training for managers and employees. As yet, no extension or similar relief has been granted due to COVID-19 so the requirement remains in place. How...
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What Does the U.S. Supreme Court’s Recent LGBTQ+ Ruling Mean for Businesses and EPLI?

Von Jill Tumney |August 04, 2020|English

The short answer is that the recent Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia ruling protecting LBGTQ+ employees from sex discrimination will mean more claims and compliance for both employers and EPLI carriers as a whole. But what businesses and insurers...
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EPLI and the EEOC - Employee Charges, Agency Initiatives and Emerging Issues

Von Alice Zelikson and Jeff Weisel |March 24, 2020|English

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently released its statistical details for the 72,675 charges of workplace discrimination the agency received in the 2019 fiscal year. Since 2014, the number of charges filed with the EEOC...
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