Preventing and Investigating Employment Practices Liab Clms
Saturday, April 15th, 2000 Workers' Compensation"Our people are our greatest asset." So intones the annual report, corporate mission statement and stem-winders from countless CEOs everywhere. While employees might be a company’s greatest asset, from a legal liability standpoint, they occasionally become its greatest tort headache. Employment practices liability (EPL) claims are burgeoning. Bear in mind that employment practices liability covers a wide stretch of waterfront. Thus, no one single template or checklist can address every situation. EPL includes a wide range of torts, including wrongful discharge, mismanaging employee benefits, sexual harassment, race discrimination, etc. We speak of EPL as though it were one thing — in reality it is a cluster of various issues. No "magic bullet" or cookbook can function as an inoculation against EPL claims.
