Beazley Announces Employment Practices Hotline and Wage and
Hour Loss Prevention
Farmington, March 25 2008
Beazley Group plc (BEZ.L), a leading insurer
of employment practices liability (EPL) insurance, has expanded its
risk management service, offering a telephone hotline and online
access to employment attorneys on how best to minimize client
risks. The service is an adjunct to BeazleySource, Beazley’s
highly successful online loss control
service.
The BeazleySource hotline offers best practice
consultation on employee relations issues and the effective
management of day-to-day workplace incidents, including
termination, discipline, hiring, investigations, crisis management,
wage and hour issues, and how to handle litigation
threats.
In addition, Beazley has added articles on
wage and hour compliance to BeazleySource. Wage and hour laws
relate to the distinction between salaried and wage-earning
employees and are a source of increasing litigation.
BeazleySource now includes resources to help employers evaluate
their liability under wage and hour laws including checklists to
assess compliance.
“With the addition of our hotline and wage and
hour advice, BeazleySource consolidates its position as an industry
leader in the area of risk management advice,” said Carrie
Brodzinski, Beazley’s EPL product manager. “Wage and hour
issues can be a minefield for employers. We are committed to
providing insureds with guidance on issues that really matter to
them in a flexible format. Our insureds can get advice on
wage and hour compliance through articles, checklists, true to life
scenarios, case studies, and via the hotline.”
BeazleySource is available at no cost to
Beazley’s management liability insureds and offers a broad array of
services to help companies avoid litigation. Unique features
include employment policies and procedures available in both
English and Spanish and training on preventing sexual harassment
designed to comply with numerous state laws, including some of the
most onerous, such as California.
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