Judge Finds Tesla Liable to Black Former Worker Who Alleged Bias, but Slashes Payout April 14, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel and Daniel Wiessner A federal judge said on Wednesday Tesla Inc. was liable to a Black elevator operator who said the electric car...
US: Discrimination Based on Opioid Treatment Violates Law April 8, 2022 By Geoff Mulvihill A deepening opioid epidemic is prompting the U.S. Department of Justice to warn about discrimination against those who are prescribed...
Rhode Island Doctor Faces More Allegations by Labor Department March 24, 2022 Federal labor officials are seeking a restraining order to bar a North Providence doctor from retaliating against a former employee...
Workplace Class Action Payouts Unexpectedly Grew During Pandemic in 2021 January 14, 2022 The cost of settling workplace class-action lawsuits reached a record high in 2021, defying expectations that the COVID-19 pandemic would...
Insurers Expect COVID-19 Liability Claims Against Employers as Employees Return August 6, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn, Noor Zainab Hussain and Kirstin Ridley Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected...
Alabama Beverage Firm Pays $800K to Settle Racial Discrimination Claims June 7, 2021 A beverage distributor that operates across Alabama and played a role in the state’s craft beer craze agreed to pay...
Cyber Attacks and Data Loss Are Top 2 Risks Facing Directors & Officers: WTW Survey April 23, 2021 By L.S. Howard Cyber attacks and data loss are the top two risks facing directors & officers, with pandemic-related changes in working practices...
Employment Liability Insurers See Plenty to Worry About, From Biometrics to Harassment February 19, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield After Back to the Future 2 was released in 1989, moviegoers could observe Marty McFly as he traveled to his...
Markel Launches Standalone EPLI Policy for PEOs July 12, 2019 Markel Corporation has added a standalone employment practices liability policy customized for professional employer organizations (PEOs) to its management liability...
Managing Sexual Harassment Risk in the #MeToo Era May 24, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Since October 2017 when the #MeToo era began and sexual harassment claims against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein were revealed, insurers...