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The law is a bipartisan effort to help employers and individuals alike in managing pay, benefits, and business considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paid leave provisions of the Act apply to employers with less than 500 employees. They are effective within 15…

Over the past few weeks COVID-19 coronavirus has begun to spread globally, including documented cases in the United States. We understand you may have concerns about how the emerging situation may affect you and your workforce.  Our human resources partner, HRWS, has…

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) clearinghouse of commercial driver's license (CDL) holders' drug and alcohol violations is now open.Employers must register to access the data repository established by the DOT's Federal Motor Carrier Safety…

Time is running out for employers to familiarize themselves with new federal rules on overtime pay. Starting January 1, the threshold for who is entitled to overtime pay — and who is not — changes. It’s the first change since 2004.

Ransomware has rapidly emerged as the most visible cybersecurity risk playing out across our nation’s networks, locking up private sector organizations and government agencies alike. And that’s only what we’re seeing – many more infections are…

HOUSTON — At the public library in Wilmer, Texas, books were checked out not with the beeps of bar code readers but with the scratches of pen on notebook paper. Out on the street, police officers were literally writing tickets — by hand. When the entire…

In a case underscoring the potential financial havoc wreaked by data breaches, the 42-year-old parent company of American Medical Collection Agency has filed for bankruptcy just weeks after disclosing a data breach that affected its largest clients and millions of patients.

More than 20 local governments in Texas were targeted in a coordinated ransomware attack of unprecedented size.The Texas Department of Information Resources said in a statement that it believes a single source is behind all 22 of the attacks. It didn’t name the…

Is everyday communication putting your company at risk? Many insureds are facing substantial loss by falling victim to requests received from fraudulent email addresses; in fact, oftentimes, the email address is identical to the legitimate one used in-house, making it…

We wanted to take this opportunity to inform you as to a relatively new coverage that is available. The product is Active Assailant Insurance that provides coverage for claims of premeditated malicious physical attack by an Active Assailant at a covered location who…