Epic Systems, the Verona, Wisconsin-based healthcare software company, announced this week that it will require all of its roughly 10,000 employees to return to work at its large campus outside of Madison by September 21, 2020. While it has been reported that employees will be required to wear masks and practice social distancing, and that […]
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Wisconsin Governor Evers Issues Statewide Mask Mandate
On Thursday, July 30, Governor Tony Evers declared a Public Health Emergency and issued an Emergency Order requiring individuals to wear face coverings when indoors and not in a private residence. The Order became effective at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, August 1, 2002, and will expire on September 28, 2020 or by a superseding order. […]
Supreme Court Adopts a Broad “Ministerial Exception” For Religious Employers
The United States Supreme Court has expanded the scope of the so-called “ministerial exception” which shields religious employers from anti-discrimination laws, such as Title VII, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin and religion; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act. The Court reasoned that […]
Know Your Subrogation Story
When a property damage claim is made, an insurance professional (either a frontline property adjuster or a dedicated subrogation claims adjuster) should determine whether there is potential for subrogation. The best way to make this determination is to uncover the all-important who, what, when where, why, and how of the story. The success of your […]
Alternative Methods for Securing Evidence in the COVID-19 Era
As a follow-up to the latest blog about in-person evidence inspections (Fire and Evidence Inspections in the Age of COVID-19), evidence can also be collected by methods other than having an engineer, property adjuster, or technician secure the evidence. This information applies to any time it is not economical to send someone to a loss […]
