How Much EPL Insurance Should Your Clients Buy? Beware of Fee Shifting. Statutory Rule Escalates Awards in Employment Cases.

Expert Guest Entry by Laura Zaroski, J.D. Sometimes it’s good to be a plaintiff’s attorney. Why? Fee shifting. You don’t need a big win in lawsuits where statutes allow the court to make the defendant pay the plaintiff’s legal fees. Even if the plaintiff only obtains a small award (even just a dollar), a “win” entitles…

Weekly Industry News – Employment Law

Employment Law – the latest on employee misclassification, wage and hour suit against Siemens and more. Employee Misclassification: Are You Prepared? by Sean Riley Published on jdsupra.com We talked earlier about the importance of job classification in determining overtime wages for Internet specialists. The same concerns and problems hold true for your administrative employees. Given existing legal and regulatory…

Weekly Industry News – Employment Law

Employment & Benefits – Seventh Circuit address worker’ compensation policy, New Jersey law against discrimination and more. Seventh Circuit Addresses Coverage Under Workers’ Comp Policy By Brian Bassett, Robert Dennison, Neal Kojima, Brian Margolies  Published on jdsupra.com In its recent decision in YKK USA, Inc., v. Safety Nat’l Cas. Corp., 727 F.3d 782 (7th. Cir. 2013), the United States Court of…

Weekly Industry News – Employment Law

Employment Law – the latest on EEOC annual performance, the Equal Employment Act and more. Ownership of Business-Related Social Media Accounts by  Anelia V. Delcheva and Aaron Rubin Published on jdsupra.com Social media platforms have become an increasingly important means for companies to build and manage their brands and to interact with their customers, in many cases eclipsing…