New York Will Require Employers to Disclose Monitoring to New Hires January 26, 2022 By Jake Holland Employers in New York must disclose electronic monitoring, such as internet access and videoconferencing, to new hires under a new...
Insurers Worry About COVID-19 Discrimination Claims as Workers Return August 6, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn, Noor Zainab Hussain and Kirstin Ridley LONDON — Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of...
Ambulance Company Settles Lawsuit With Pregnant Employee December 30, 2020 SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Ambulance company American Medical Response will settle a discrimination lawsuit after it refused to provide a...
Celebrity Chef’s Restaurants Face Trial on Pregnancy Employment Discrimination Claim June 6, 2019 By Jocelyn Gecker A former employee of celebrated chef Thomas Keller is suing him and his three-star Michelin restaurants — Per Se in...
Employers Navigate Various State, Local Laws to Stay Compliant September 13, 2017 By Denise Johnson Businesses risk employment practices claims if they don’t stay on top of changing state and municipal employment laws, according to...
Littler: Employers Caught in Tangled Web of Federal, State and Local Laws May 17, 2017 Changes occurring in Washington, D.C., and in local governments – combined with technological advances and shifts in how work is...
Employee Practices Lawsuits Continue to Increase November 17, 2015 By Denise Johnson As the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission continues its aggressive enforcement against all forms of workplace harassment, a recent study suggests...
Commercial Insurance Prices Continue Steady Increase, Towers Watson Survey Shows September 11, 2013 Commercial insurance prices rose by 6 percent in aggregate during the second quarter of 2013, marking the 10th consecutive quarter...
Medical Marijuana Raises Questions for Businesses June 12, 2013 If Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs recently passed legislation legalizing medical marijuana, some say it will raise serious questions on...
Commercial Insurance Prices Increase for the Eighth Straight Quarter March 15, 2013 Commercial insurance prices rose by almost 7 percent in aggregate during the fourth quarter of 2012, marking the eighth consecutive...