It’s time for Manpower’s one-of-a-kind Quarterly Employment Litigation Index.

Each quarter, we conduct a survey to see what’s really going on in the world of employment litigation. We asked the 1,857 attendees at our webinar last week the following question:

Are you seeing an increase in employment law claims?

Here are the official results (with last quarter’s results in parentheses):

• Yes, substantial increase: 6% (6%)
• Yes, modest increase: 31% (25%)
• No change: 60% (66%)
• No, modest decrease: 2% (2%)
• No, substantial decrease: 1% (1%)

What the numbers mean . . .

Once again, far more employers are seeing an increase — as opposed to a decrease — in claims. That trend appears to be accelerating. The percentage of respondents reporting an increase grew from 31% last quarter to 37% this quarter. Only 3% of our respondents reported a decrease.

Given those ongoing trends, it’s more important than ever to (1) know the law and (2) take action on key risk areas immediately. We discussed a variety of ways to achieve those goals in our latest webinar. Click here to access the replay if you didn’t get a chance to join us last week.

As always, thanks for your input and participation. Stay tuned for more on the latest trends in the wonderful world of workplace law.

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