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Employment practices liability

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Employment practices liability

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- If you have employees then you must know that your biggest asset and risk comes from those employees. They are the face of your business to your clientele and make your entire operation possible. They also can reek havoc on your reputation and bottom line if they become damaged. Employment Practices Liability, also known as EPL has been a daily topic in World news. It describes all the different reasons that employees will sue employers claiming injury. Injury is defined as sexual harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, and bullying. Including cyber bullying. Let's discuss the two most prevalent and how you can avoid and mitigate problems. Almost every high profile case in the news involving sexual harassment has been related to employment. In some cases, its been a subordinate coerced into sexual situations by someone who has authority over them. Many times, it's an employee to employee situation where sexual innuendo and jokes makes someone uncomfortable or…

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