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OSHA Announces 2021 Citation Penalty Increase

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Ever since the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act was passed by Congress in 2015 , OSHA has been required to increase the maximum penalty they can assess businesses for violations. You can find out more about gravity based penalty amounts on OSHA’s website by clicking or tapping here.

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Top 10 Companies for Environmental Engineers to Work For

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. “Those can be part of what an environmental engineer does, but in terms of what an environmental engineer does a day in and day out, you’re really focused on what the regulations say, what you’re required to do to meet those regulations and how you’re going to do it, (while also bearing in mind) the cost and the timeline.”

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Brexit or Fix It?

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The latest polls shows the Brits may be leaning towards approving a “Brexit,” probably not the outcome Prime Minister David Cameron had in mind when he promised an EU referendum in exchange for the votes he needed to secure a large Conservative majority in the 2015 parliamentary elections in Britain.

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Colliers International Predicts Moderate Growth For The Global Economy In 2014

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” Key takeaways from Colliers’ 25 Predictions for 2014 report include: European Economy Overcomes Recession, Strengthens Investment: With the debt crisis in Europe dwindling, strong demand will drive recovery in the U.K., . “In the U.S., as Charlotte, Tampa, Indianapolis and Memphis.” Italy, Germany and Spain.

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Housing and the 2020 Presidential Election

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But Hunter also wonders how many builders now see a second Trump term as possibly counterproductive to their interests on matters such as the national debt and trade. Regulations. To that end, Trump signed an executive order on June 25, 2019 , establishing a White House Council on eliminating barriers to affordable housing development.

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Call to the Bullpen

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Under the bill that eventually became law this year (without Chafee’s signature), a new governor-appointed commerce secretary will serve as RI’s primary advocate on economic development matters and oversee the new Executive Office of Commerce, which takes over the duties of the state Department of Business Regulation on Feb.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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The best thing the government can do is stay out of the way, stop proposing rules and regulations that create hurdles toward greater capital investment and focus on policies that help retailers provide increased income and job stability for their employees.”. Forbes magazine reported in 2015 that the Cape Coral metropolitan area is No.

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