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Employers Should Prepare for Wave of COVID-Related Wrongful Death Lawsuits

by in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Human Resources, Legal. Posted September 29, 2020
The latest projections estimate that nearly 300,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by the end of 2020. Many of those individuals will be employed when they contract the virus, and a significant number will be workers in front line businesses such as retail, manufacturing, or healthcare, where the risk of exposure is significant. Faced with ...
Tags COVID-19 Cozen O'Connor Health Workplace Safety
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Five Tips for Protecting Your Company’s Trade Secrets

by in Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal. Posted September 6, 2018
Protecting your trade secrets and proprietary information is a vital part of your business. Every company needs to have policies and agreements in place to prevent employees from stealing property, and wrongfully soliciting your employees and customers when they leave to work for a competitor. Equally important, you must ensure that newly hired employees understand ...
Tags Agreements Cozen O'Connor Trade Secrets
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Performance Evaluations Can Pose Trouble for Employers

by in Human Resources. Posted December 19, 2017
It’s that time of year again. You know the one. Supervisors hurriedly completing performance evaluations at the last minute to avoid nasty emails from the HR Department about missed deadlines. Sound familiar? If so, your company may be doing more harm than good. Evaluations are not a time for hurried compliance. These documents are important ...
Tags Cozen O'Connor Employee Management
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Is Your Company’s Hurricane Plan Ready?

by in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal. Posted July 13, 2017
With the first tropical storm of the season bearing down on the Gulf Coast, it is a good time to dust off your HR Department’s Hurricane Plan and make sure it is up to date. If you don’t have one, it is an even better time to put one together. Attachedis Cozen O’Connor’s HR Guide for ...
Tags Catastrophe Cozen O'Connor Insurance Lawsuits Legal Issue
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White House Pushes for Ban on Non-Competes

by in Human Resources. Posted November 11, 2016
The enforceability of employee restrictions on competition has traditionally been up the states, with some, like California, largely banning such agreements, while others, like Texas, allowing them with reasonable limitations. On Tuesday, October 25, the White House took the unprecedented step of calling on state legislatures to ban non-competes […]. A news report on the ...
Tags Cozen O'Connor Government Non-Compete Policies & Procedures
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