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Construction employers making good-faith efforts to comply with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s silica regulation could avoid citations during the first 30 days after the agency begins enforcing the rule. Continue reading
Injured employees heal faster when they’re restored to their “normal” routines and lives more quickly. Bringing an employee back to work quickly also helps maintain the relationship and trust between the company and the employee. Continue reading
“We’re going to cut a lot of red tape,” President Trump said at a CEO town hall meeting as he unrolled a long, colorful flow chart showing the process required for a state government to obtain the federal permits necessary to build a highway. The chart outlined 16 different approvals, 29 statutes and five executive orders that apply to a single project. He highlighted that infrastructure approvals are a 10- to 20-year process and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Continue reading
More and more Americans are spending their golden years on the job.
Almost 19 percent of people 65 or older were working at least part-time in the second quarter of 2017, according to the U.S. jobs report released on Friday. The age group’s employment/population ratio hasn’t been higher in 55 years, before American retirees won better health care and Social Security benefits starting in the late 1960s. Continue reading
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released a proposed beryllium rule that would modify standards for the construction and shipyard sectors, and announced it will not enforce the current standards on these industries without further notice. Continue reading
A clash of workplace safety philosophies was on display at a safety conference on Wednesday, with panelists debating the extent to which employees are part of the problem or the solution to reducing workplace safety incidents. Continue reading
Construction Wrap-Up Insurance is a liability policy that serves as all-encompassing insurance which protects all contractors and subcontractors working on a construction project. It is intended for large projects that will be over $10 million in cost. There are different options the main two are owner Controlled insurance programs (OCIP) or contractor controlled insurance programs (CCIP), both have their own benefits and essentially will cover the same things. Lets explore the differences and reasons why some projects choose to have one or the other in place. Continue reading
An awkward job interview question — how much did you make at your last job? — is getting banned in some parts of the country.
Massachusetts, New York City and Philadelphia have passed laws that bar employers from asking applicants about their salary history. And several states, including California, Mississippi and Pennsylvania, have proposed similar legislation this year. Continue reading
