Chubb’s 2013 Private Company Risk Survey points out a startling reality that businesses are increasingly concerned about litigation involving employment practices liability. Chubb reports that during the past three years, one-in-four surveyed companies experienced an EPL claim and over 40 percent of EPL claims are being filed against small businesses. The risk can be devastating for a small business because the EEOC is definitive that a company without a compliant EEO Policy and effective procedures to address discrimination has no basis for an affirmative defense!

Employment Practice Services provides businesses with solutions to address conflicts arising from equal opportunity compliance. These resources assist companies in developing a compliant EEO Policy, implement procedures to eliminate discrimination, and deploy a continuing education platform for use by managers and supervisors. The program adheres to best practice guidelines recommended by the EEOC. The program stresses that all employees have the right to work in a discrimination-free environment.