The National Labor Relations Board has made a series of employee-friendly moves over the past few months that have significant adverse implications for employers, including those in the insurance and securities industries....more
10/9/2023
/ Confidentiality Agreements ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employees ,
Employment Litigation ,
Insurance Industry ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Severance Agreements ,
Wage and Hour
Workers’ compensation statutes impose liability without fault on the employers of men and women who are injured on the job. They also permit employers to recoup the costs they incur from any third parties who actually caused...more
10/24/2016
/ Appeals ,
Bodily Injury ,
Construction Industry ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equitable Subrogation ,
Indemnity Insurance ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Workers Compensation Awards ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Injury
Over the summer, this blog reported on how the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania managed to parse an employer’s liability exclusion to find that it did not exclude claims by employees of additional insureds. As the leaves started...more
11/2/2015
/ Additional Insured Endorsements ,
Appeals ,
Architects ,
Benchmarks ,
Bodily Injury ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Contractors ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
General Contractors ,
Homeowners ,
Insurance Industry ,
Negligence ,
PA Supreme Court ,
Renovations ,
Subcontractors ,
Summary Judgment
Liability policies for businesses are subject to a number of common exclusions; many, for example, do not cover liability to employees of the business who are injured on the job. Frequently, those policies do provide...more
Many insurers have a longstanding practice of paying claims adjusters a set weekly salary, regardless of the number of hours they actually work. The practice has support in federal labor regulations; the regulations...more