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Predictions are in, and the 2021 hurricane season is looming large. Property owners must seek out an insurance partner that can help manage the storm, but also be there long after the winds die down. Hurricane risk continues to grow in both the number of named storms and in the volatility of an individual event….
Sometimes it’s best to test something out before deciding if it’s right for you. Alexandra Cafferty gave HR a test run and found that it was the perfect career for her. Originally found on SHRM Read More
[This article is the third in a three-part series. Part one focused on inflation and compensation. Part two focused on inflation and health care costs.] If inflation rates trend higher over the coming years, as is expected, retirement plan sponsors may need to adjust their plans’ investment options. Likewise, plan participants should consider increasing…
Amazon has filed a request asking for newly minted Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan to be recused on antitrust matters related to the online retail giant, citing concerns about lack of impartiality in light of her past criticisms of the company, according to documents filed with the agency. “Given her long track record…
Walmart announced on Tuesday that it will soon start selling private-brand analog insulin that it says will save customers up to 75 percent off the cash price of branded versions of the drug and will “revolutionize” access and affordability of diabetes care. The big-box retailer will sell the product, marketed as ReliOn NovoLog Insulin, to…
Always known as the market of innovation, E&S insurers are leveraging flexibility and creativity to help customers solve problems. The excess and surplus market continues to enjoy steady growth while conditions in the standard market remain challenging for insureds. With standard lines carriers raising rates, tightening terms and conditions and pulling back capacity, risk managers…
BERLIN—Daimler Truck, the world’s largest truck and bus maker, expects only a moderate market ramp-up of its first electric truck model, eActros, due to its high price, the sales head of Daimler’s brand Mercedes-Benz Trucks said. The cost of an electric truck is three times as much as one with a combustion engine, Andreas von…
A June 25 Supreme Court decision that only plaintiffs who are concretely harmed may sue in federal court may help stop “no-harm” class actions in those courts. Originally found on SHRM Read More
A male supervisor’s repeatedly calling a male employee gay, making sexually explicit and derogatory remarks about him, and physically assaulting him, according to the plaintiff, were sufficient to state a claim of same-sex sexual harassment. Originally found on SHRM Read More
