October 3, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear GEICO General Insurance Co.’s appeal of a ruling that the No. 2 auto insurer in the United States must pay overtime wages to its claims investigators after the company had sought …
July 17, 2015
For California workers seeking to be paid for time spent getting bags searched after their shifts end, state law may provide the remedy that federal law doesn’t. On Thursday, a judge in San Francisco said that Apple Inc. store workers …
July 16, 2015
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a blog post with new guidance on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA), an issue that has attracted renewed attention in the on-demand economy. …
May 14, 2015
Beazley has launched “Beazley Practice Protect,” an enhanced management liability policy for law firms, designed to confront a rapidly evolving market for counsel and legal services. Beazley Practice Protect covers both law firm partners and non-partner officers such as CEOs …
February 9, 2015
Competition among property/casualty insurance carriers and the flow of capital into the industry are continuing to drive down rates in most U.S. commercial lines and conditions are particularly favorable for clients with attractive risks and good loss histories, says global …
December 9, 2014
Workers don’t have a federal right to be paid for time spent in post-shift security searches, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a decision that will help Amazon.com Inc. fend off lawsuits seeking more than $100 million. The justices unanimously …
June 21, 2013
XL Group’s Bermuda Professional Lines Unit has launched a new insurance product to specifically address the needs of Fortune 500 companies and other large employers potentially exposed to employee compensation and classification disputes. The new Wage & Hour liability insurance …
May 21, 2013
Federal wage and hour lawsuits have reached a surprise record high, according to a report by law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Cases filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in have continued to skyrocket in 2013, despite indications that …