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How to Protect Your Business When Employees Get Poached

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Those items proved valuable resources for conducting his new duties—so valuable that his previous employer sued for violation of confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements and for illegal use of trade secrets. Confidentiality agreements. There are two competing interests at stake. What Is a Restrictive Covenant?

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Assignment of Benefits for Contractors: Pros & Cons of Accepting an AOB

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An assignment of benefits , or AOB, is an agreement to transfer insurance claim rights to a third party. A property owner and contractor can set up an assignment of benefits in two steps: The owner and the contractor sign an AOB agreement The contractor sends the AOB to the insurance company. The AOB agreements need to be in writing.

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Digital Builder Podcast Ep 22: How Specialty Contractors Can Navigate Contracts & Get Paid On Time

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Today’s guest, Karalynn Cromeens , Owner & Managing Partner at The Cromeens Law Firm , joins the show to share the steps everyone can take to make contracts more straightforward and less contentious. Karalynn Cromeens, Owner & Managing Partner, The Cromeens Law Firm. On this podcast episode. Make sense of your contracts.

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

Construction and Infrastructure Law

Instead, only three groups have the right to sue directly: the Labor Commissioner; a joint labor-management cooperation committee (29 U.S.C. 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. Section 2810.3

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Contractors: What is UETA and Why Should You Care?

Best Practices Construction Law

First, email communications tend to be sent "off the cuff" without creating a draft of the communication that can be reviewed by team members. The statute expressly states that: A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.

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Top OSHA Violations in Construction (2021)

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Many subcontract agreements include a clause that states the subcontractor is responsible for compliance with OSHA regulations and other safety measures. A decent subcontract is drafted so that the subcontractor is responsible for complying with OSHA regulations as it affects your scope of work and your people,” says Lindborg. “So

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In my opinion, the best “employees” are not actually employees (both in the legal and practical sense). The employee doesn’t need a lawyer to file a complaint; the employer faces tens of thousands of dollars in legal bills to defend — let alone the time and stress. This is a one-sided war. I dismissed her.