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Employment Practices Liability (EPL)
Employment practices liability lawsuits are growing in number and severity. Every day the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the United States receives some 200 new EPL complaints alleging discrimination based on race, sex, disability, age, religion, or national origin.At Paragon we arrange EPL coverage that includes:
- Broad definition of insured persons to include full-time, part-time, leased, temporary, and seasonal employees, as well as volunteers. The Insured can elect for coverage for complaints against its independent contractors
- Worldwide coverage designed to respond to employment practices allegations made throughout the world
- Punitive damages coverage, where insurable by law
- Broad definition of employment practices wrongful act that addresses the variety of EPL allegations that employees can make