epli

December 2015

Advisen wrote a white paper that takes a closer look at the rules and regulations recast by the pro-employee administration, as well as how Wage and Hour policies are responding to these market changes. The free, 10-page paper is sponsored by Allied World.

A Closer Look at the Evolving W&H Landscape

Advisen data show Wage and Hour cases have increased 58 percent from 2013- 2015, with a 28 percent increase in cases in the past year (2014-2015). According to another source, Seyfarth Shaw, W&H claims have risen in each of the last 15 years to 8,066 in 2014. This makes these types of claims the only growth area in workplace litigation.

Download the Wage & Hour White Paper

Brokers and lawyers in the EPLI space have been rapidly regrouping around new guidelines issued earlier this month by the US Dept. of Labor that effectively extend employee status to many more workers.

“At the end of the day, the guidelines seem to make it even more clear that the DOL simply expects that most independent contractors are really employees under the definitions of the Fair Labor Standards Act,” said Thomas Hams, managing director and national EPLI practice leader at Aon Risk Services Central.

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