People often ask us how The ALS Group is able to attract and retain such a high degree of talent among our leadership and staff. We were recently invited to share some of our secrets at the Ninth Annual “Assessing & Developing High Potentials Summit,” which was sponsored by HRO Today and held (virtually) September 16-17, 2020.
Topics: Employment Practices, Human Capital Practice, internship, talent, home-grown talent, risk management internship
On October 9, 2018, NYS and NYC Governments enacted an anti-sexual-harassment law that carries pretty stringent requirements relating to employers’ anti-harassment policies and training. These labor laws have been revised and training requirements have been put in place by the Department of Labor in consultation with the Division of Human Rights. Originally, training was required by January 1, 2019 but, after some push back, the deadline was extended until October 9, 2019.
Topics: Employment Practices, Human Capital Risk, Human Resource Management, Risk management
One of the areas often overlooked, but vital to an insured, is the defense costs coverage a liability policy provides. As some insureds may be aware, there are two types of defense costs payments, those policies that pay “in addition” to the limits and those whose payments are “within” the policy limits.
Topics: Construction Project Risk, defense costs, Employment Practices, Fiduciary, General, Liability, Limit of Liability, Risk management, Risk Management Blog, Strategic Risk Management, Total Cost of Risk