Class Action Reform May Hike Settlements Costs could be driven up as plaintiffs seek and judges insist on all-cash paymentsThe Class Action Fairness Act of ...

Risk Managers Fear Workplace Training TrapsThe vice president of human resources of a large manufacturing company with operations in seven states called the EPL hotline ...

EPLI Events Could Have Fallout For 2005 Court cases could have huge impact on risk management for discriminationEmployment practices liability lawsuits, the focus of intense ...

Ignoring Federal Sentencing Guidelines Is Risky New document sets criteria for corporate ethics and compliance programsOn Nov. 1, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations became ...

New Overtime Regulations Can Be Daunting Risk managers face employment practices exposures if new rules are violatedNew regulations circulated by the U.S. Department of Labor, ...

Workplace Arbitration No Substitute For EPLI Risk managers urged to beware one-size-fits-all alternative to court litigationThe general counsel of a large manufacturing company based in ...

Spate Of New Workplace Laws AdoptedRisk managers and human resources professionals often point to legal compliance as one of their key challenges the chief of ...

Is The Customer Always Right On EPL?The owner of 14 fast-food restaurants in Wisconsin called the EPL Hotline to report several customer complaints that arose ...