Employment Practices Liability (EPL) protects the company against damages for events relating to their workforce, including, but not limited to: wrongful terminations, harassment, discrimination, defamation and unfair hiring/firing practices; and provides defense costs associated with responding to employment-related lawsuits.
Companies should consider buying EPL Liability Coverage for the following reasons:
Some sources of EPL claims are the following:
In addition, these claims can come from employees, former employees and employment applicants: