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Insurers worry about COVID-19 discrimination claims as workers return to desks

Business · August 6, 2021 · 5:04 PM UTC

Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected wave of discrimination claims as employers call staff back to their desks after 18 months of pandemic-induced home working.

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