CNA's Risk Management Services provide tools to help manage employment related risk. We offer consulting advice at no cost, through Jackson Lewis, a national law firm that specializes in employment practices law.  We also offer discounted employee handbooks, employment applications, and Employment-At-Will statements through FPHR Consulting, plus numerous articles, booklets and services through Fisher & Phillips LLP*, a prominent labor and employment law firm. We are pleased to provide the following risk management tools to help you and your management team reduce your exposure to costly employment litigation and claims.
Note: The following information should not be construed as legal advice or a legal opinion on any factual situation. As legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstance of each case, the general information provided herein is not intended to substitute for the advice of professional counsel.

H.R. Consulting Advice at No Additional Cost

Eligible CNA Insureds can receive CONSULTING ADVICE through the H.R. Help Line provided by Jackson Lewis, a national law firm that specializes in employment practices law and preventing loss and litigation from workplace risk. Simply have your human resource representative call the toll-free Help Line at 1-888-CNAEPL1 (1-888-262-3751), identify themself as a CNA Insured and provide their Employment Practices Liability policy number. The Help Line is serviced by attorneys who do not act as legal counsel to callers, but rather as human resource consultants.

Note: Jackson Lewis is neither an affiliate of CNA nor is it an agent or broker. As such, information reported to Jackson Lewis is not notice to CNA of any claim or potential claim. Please contact your insurance agent or broker to report claims or potential claims. Separate risk management services are available for AON/CNA AICPA insureds.

Online Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response Courses available through H.R. Web Training

H.R. Web Training provides an interactive, web-based tool that helps CNA insureds learn to develop state-of-the-art employment practices and procedures.  The system features a menu of training and best practices tools designed to empower organizations in their efforts to properly manage their workplace and minimize incidents and litigation.

This new service may be of particular value to insureds in states where the law requires employers to provide a minimum amount of sexual harassment prevention training to all supervisors and managers.  H.R. Web Training has been designed to assist businesses in meeting the standards required by their state laws by providing training in an interactive web based format, combined with the capability to track employee participation through an easy to use online tool.

This service, along with human resource consulting advice via the H.R. Help Line, is available to all CNA insureds that have Employment Practices Liability coverage.

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Sword or Shield? Using Employee Handbooks by Mike Mitchell of Fisher & Phillips

The above article discusses whether a company should or should not have an employee handbook.

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The program referenced herein is underwritten by one or more of the CNA companies. This information is for illustrative purposes only and is not a contract. It is intended to provide a general overview of the products and services offered. © 2003.

Employment Practices Audit

An Employment Practices Audit is an effective risk assessment tool because it may help you decide whether your current coverage and internal procedures are where you want them to be. If you would like to have an audit performed on your existing policies and procedures, simply complete an Employment Practices Audit form and submit it to Fisher & Phillips LLP. For CNA insureds and applicants, this service will be provided by the firm on an hourly fee basis discounted by 10%.

• Fisher & Phillips LLP publishes numerous managers' guide "booklets" for clients, which provide an overview of a particular law relating to employment. If you have a question on the information provided or would like hard copies of the booklets sent to you, please contact Fisher & Phillips LLP. Additional booklets are available at http://www.fphronline.com/cna/prod.htm.

For additional risk management services or legal assistance, please visit Fisher & Phillips on their website at www.laborlawyers.com, or call James Hendricks, Jr. at (312) 346-8061 or fax number (312) 346-3179.

*Fisher & Phillips LLP is one of the nation's preeminent labor and employment law firms. Founded in 1943, the firm has offices strategically located throughout the United States. FPHR Consulting is a human resource consulting firm which was established in 2002. They offer numerous human resource consulting tools. Both companies are independent of, and have no affiliation with, CNA or any of its member insurance companies.