In order to properly serve the restaurant market, more EPL providers should be guaranteeing wage and hour coverage. (Photo: iStock) In order to properly serve the restaurant market, more EPL providers should be guaranteeing wage and hour coverage. (Photo: iStock)

Employee lawsuits are never easy on the employer. Even facing baseless claims, the average cost for defending and settling employment law cases is $160,000, according to Hiscox.

No business is immune to such cases, including household names such as AT&T, Bank of America, CVS, FedEx and Home Depot, who the legal analytics firm Lex Machina determined to be among the most litigated American companies for EPL cases.

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