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5 Things All Businesses With Child Guests Should Include in a Child Protection Policy

by Faegre Baker Daniels in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted October 6, 2017

Children and vulnerable adults (i.e., adults with disabilities who need assistance with self-care) face unique threats because of their inability to recognize and protect themselves from danger. Organizations that have direct or even indirect contact with children or vulnerable adults should create and adopt a child protection policy and related training program to better safeguard ...

The Importance of Reporting Workplace Injuries

by John Ho in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal, Safety & Security. Posted October 3, 2017

There are some OSHA lessons to be learned and things to think about from the recent Third Department case in Silvestri v. New York City Transit Authority, 2017 N.Y Slip Op 06123 (August 10, 2017). In Silvestri, the Third Department affirmed a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board that the widow of a deceased employee working at ...

Tips for Securing Insurance Recoveries for Losses From Hurricane Harvey

by Finley Harckham in Insurance & Loss Prevention. Posted August 31, 2017

Hurricane Harvey tore up large areas of the Texas Gulf Coast with gale-force winds and storm surge, and then inundated vast areas, including Houston, with unprecedented amounts of rain. Many businesses in those areas are still shut down and operations are only slowly being restored. Moreover, refineries have been shut down which means that companies ...

Is Your Company’s Hurricane Plan Ready?

by David Barron 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 ...

Walking The E-Verify Tightrope: The Balance Between Compliance And Avoiding Discrimination Claims

by Natasha Banks in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal. Posted July 11, 2017

Here’s the skinny: the Trump administration wants to make E-Verify mandatory for all employers. The electronic database that immediately confirms an individual’s eligibility to work in the United States has been promoted as a necessary step in the ramp-up to heightened immigration enforcement, which is a major focus of the new administration. President Trump’s first ...

Franchisors: Protecting Trade Secrets Under Texas Law

by S.L. Owens in Food & Beverage, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal. Posted May 18, 2017

Franchisors frequently face this common scenario: upon termination or expiration of a franchise agreement, the franchisee leaves the system with the franchisor’s confidential information and trade secrets and – worse – attempts to use that information in a competing business. Confidential information – including secret recipes, proprietary processes and customer lists – is the lifeline ...

Cybercrime and Data Breach a Rising Threat to all Employers

by Bryan Carey in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted May 4, 2017

Over the past six months, we have observed a significant uptick in inquiries about data breach and other cyberthreats from area businesses. We are asked about pursuing claims for recovery of funds lost due to fraud by hacking, state notification procedures in the event of a data breach affecting employees, and general questions about how ...

Hackers Use New Tactic at Austrian Hotel: Locking the Doors

by Dan Bilefsky in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal, Lodging, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted January 31, 2017

Hackers Use New Tactic at Austrian Hotel: Locking Doors The ransom demand arrived one recent morning by email, after about a dozen guests were locked out of their rooms at the lakeside Alpine hotel in Austria. The electronic key system at the picturesque Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt had been infiltrated, and the hotel was locked out ...

Binary Treachery: Defending Yourself from Attacks Coming at the Speed of Light

by David Denney in Food & Beverage, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management. Posted January 10, 2017

It seems these days that not a month goes by when one does not hear about a major company’s network infrastructure being hacked. Major retailers (including bars and restaurants), insurance companies, payment systems and even Experian, the credit reporting agency, have been victims of cyber attacks resulting in the theft of the personal information of ...

Is Your Hotel Security Staff Exposing You to Liability?

by Michelman Robinson in Hotel Development, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal, Lodging, Risk Management. Posted November 21, 2016

BY DAVID M. SAMUELS, ALICIA O’BRIEN Are you a hotel owner and/or operator who employs a private security staff? If so, do not let administrative inattention threaten your business. Take a few key steps to reduce your potential liability. California regulations effective since 2011 require that all hoteliers employing their own security guards must be ...

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