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February 2, 2009
Employment Lawsuits
According to the ABA Journal, there is no recession in the land of employment law. In 2007, the median employment discrimination verdict rose 70 percent to $252,000 from 2006. Employers won only 38 percent of discrimination cases in 2007, prevailing most often in race discrimination cases (43 percent) and losing most frequently in sex discrimination cases (30 percent).
Of course, it is worth nothing that this does not include the number of cases in which summary judgment is granted for the defendant which changes the numbers good bit.
Comments
Most corporations accept litigation as the cost of doing business. The majority of cases, even very large ones, tend to be managed in a business like a fashion. Despite a high of intellectual and financial investment in litigation,there is little emotional involvement.so to reduce Employment lawsuit Make it a policy to always let your employees state their side of a situation to a supervisor or manager, and make sure you fairly consider what they have to say. Employees who feel they have been treated fairly are far less likely to file employment complaints.
Stuart
Posted by: Stuart | February 18, 2009 10:47 PM