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RATE OF FATALITIES INCREASING AMONG OLDER WORKERS

Safety Services Company

According to the United States government, 25 percent of the workforce will be comprised of older workers by 2024. Ken Scott, an epidemiologist at the Denver Public Health Department, said aging and its associated physical changes “could potentially make a workplace injury into a much more serious injury or a potentially fatal injury.”

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Walking a Tightrope: EEOC Guidance to Avoid Negligent Hiring by Construction Companies

Best Practices Construction Law

Construction companies must walk the tightrope between potential claims of race discrimination by their employees or the EEOC, and claims by victims of those employees’ actions. Negligent hiring and retention is a civil action (called a tort) recognized across the United States. Negligent Hiring. JTM Materials, Inc. ,