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Legal challenge to injury and illness data reporting rule

FDR Safety

OSHA’s new, misguided requirement for detailed electronic reporting of injury and illness data by employers has come under legal challenge by a coalition of trade associations, employers and an insurance company. The post Legal challenge to injury and illness data reporting rule appeared first on FDRsafety.

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#109:  Liability Insurers' Duty to Defend

NH Construction Law

When a contractor or subcontractor is sued for defective workmanship, one of his first thoughts is likely to be whether the damages are covered by his liability insurance. But if the plaintiff’s complaint also alleges some resulting property damage, however minor, the insurer is obliged to defend the lawsuit.

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Direct Contractors In California Should Take Steps Now To Reduce Exposure For Unpaid Wages By Subcontractors

Construction and Infrastructure Law

requires businesses using workers provided by a staffing firm to share “all civil legal responsibility and civil liability” for wage payments and workers’ compensation coverage. It is expected that joint employer liability will be a top priority for the Labor Commissioner in 2018. Section 2810.3

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Hiring Former Offenders

ExactHire - Construction

Good insurance and vacation time won’t cut it anymore; people are seeking flexibility and remote options because many need to be caregivers or provide support to children who are e-learning. ExactHire does not provide legal counsel so please check with your company’s legal team. Ban the Box Policy.

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A More Even Field: The Eleventh Circuit Overrules Its Precedent and Joins Most Circuits on the Applicability of Domestic FAA Grounds to Vacate Nondomestic Arbitration Awards[1]

Constructlaw

Nevertheless, practitioners and parties who chose to seat their arbitrations within the Eleventh Circuit, will now have to grapple with a new legal environment and think strategically about how questions concerning vacatur will affect arbitration awards issued in the circuit. [1] Risk Insurers v. Risk Insurers , 141 F.3d

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#105:  Nonmutual Arbitration Agreements

NH Construction Law

Sphere Drake Insurance, PLC , 202 F.3d A legal doctrine called “mutuality of obligation” – or in lay terms, if both sides are not bound, neither side is – comes into play here. .” 3d 71, 81 (1st Cir. 2000) (“We adhere to our view that one-sided agreements to arbitrate are not favored.”).

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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

Revit OpEd

The Tax Bill suspends the exclusion for qualified moving expense reimbursements for taxable years 2018 through 2025. The Tax Bill also suspends the deduction for qualified moving expenses for taxable years 2018 through 2025. Work-related education.