NEGLIGENT PLACEMENT
BREACH OF STAFFING CONTRACT
MISREPRESENTATION
An agency's client discharged a temporary employee because he was using his Internet connection at work to download sexually explicit material. The disgruntled employee then deleted work-related computer files. The employment agency's carrier defended and settled the resulting claim.
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BREACH OF STAFFING CONTRACT
The EEOC sued the temporary agency and its client because the client directed the agency to fire 13 employees because of their national origin and five other employees as retaliation for being friends with an employee who had threatened to file a complaint with the EEOC. The parties settled, with the client paying $456,000 and the temporary agency paying $144,000.
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MISREPRESENTATION
An employment agency recruited a California resident to move to England to take a position with a British company. Once there, however, she couldn't get a work permit and eventually the British company terminated the contract with her and hired a British subject. She sued the employment agency for all she lost by giving up her old job.
*These claims are examples of those encountered in the types of businesses insured by AXIS PRO.
Some are claims we've handled; in others, we were not directly involved. Coverage for these claims is not to be inferred from this list but must always be determined in reference to a particular insurance policy, which is the controlling document, as well as the facts and circumstances of each claim and applicable law.
