I know you wish you had a crystal ball, magic mirror or other storybook-like device that could show you if/when an employee was going to sue your company and for what. To me, the annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report from Seyfarth Shaw comes decently close.
So, the good news is you have a map to steer you away from legal trouble. The bad news is the roads are getting curvier and more crowded.
“Since we began publishing this annual report six years ago, both the number of cases filed and the financial exposure that they pose to companies has increased exponentially,” says J. Stephen Poor, chair and managing partner at Seyfarth Shaw. “As plaintiffs’ attorneys bring increasingly sophisticated litigation against employers that combine claims under multiple statutes, the financial exposure is only going to become greater for businesses.”
