How to Protect Your Business From Employment Practices Liability

Risk & Insurance released an article discussing how exposure to Employment Practices Liability is on the rise as a result of employees’ increasing openness and willingness to share various aspects of their belief systems and personal lives with colleagues as well as strangers on the internet - whether it was appropriate to do so in a given situation or not.

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Part of the problem of course is that not all industries, let alone employers and employees within those industries, share the same expectations and standards of professional conduct.

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Insurance companies who provide coverage in this space recommend the employers best avoid these kinds of issues by clearly stating and emphasizing their policies on the front-end, applying those policies consistently when potential infractions inevitably arise, and staying up to date with legal and industry best practices as they evolve in order to keep your company’s internal policies in line with those best practices.

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