Employment Practices Liability (EPL) Insurance is Crucial for Small Businesses
According to a recent study, more than half of all claims filed for employment-related liabilities are against employers with fewer than 50 employees. Alarmingly, the study also reveals that not even 2 percent of small businesses have employment practices liability...
Drugs in Workplace – How Use of Opioids Affects Workers’ Compensation
Prescription opioids are the number one workers’ compensation problem in terms of controlling the ultimate cost of indemnity losses. This comes from a recent Lockton Companies report that also states that there’s never been a more damaging impact on workers’...
What Can Employers Do to Help Fight Opioid Abuse?
Sometimes, workplace injuries require serious medical interventions, including the use of powerful prescription medications. Opioids, a class of prescription medications that are all derived from the same plant as heroin, are a particularly powerful—and particularly...
GDPR Deadline Hits Tomorrow – Is Your Business Ready?
Most businesses view their customers’ personal data as a digital commodity that can help with marketing, customer retention, analytics and more. However, the European Union’s (EU) upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force tomorrow, May 25,...