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Subcontractor Insurance: 7 Policies Subs Should Consider for Their Business

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Let’s take a look a subcontractor insurance: when it’s needed, what happens if a sub goes uninsured, and what policies subs can use to protect their businesses from risk. Subcontractor business liability insurance should be retained since a catastrophic claim could bankrupt most all painting contractors.

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What Are the Legal Safeguards for Getting Back to Work?

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As a result, the home builder could be considered a joint employer, potentially making them liable for employment law violations by a trade partner or for negligence or an injury caused by a subcontractor’s employees. Travers, a labor and employment attorney and partner in the Jacksonville, Fla., office of Akerman. .

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Errors and Omissions (E&O) Insurance Explained for Construction?

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Errors and omissions (E&O) insurance covers contractors against financial loss resulting from mistakes, errors, or claims of negligence. While general liability insurance covers against claims related to injury or property damage, errors and omissions insurance protects from lawsuits related to financial loss.

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Professional Liability Insurance Explained

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Unlike general liability insurance — which protects contractors when their work leads to bodily injury or property damage — professional liability offers coverage in situations when their work causes another party to lose money. Professional liability insurance protects against claims related to professional negligence.

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Frail coronavirus patients may be denied critical care under NHS ‘scale’ system designed to free up ICU beds for those most likely to recover

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It does not discriminate against age, but it does weigh up underlying conditions and overall health. . ‘A simple ‘age cut-off’ policy would be unlawful as it would constitute direct age discrimination. The scoring system was considered in a piece of draft guidance which has now been scrapped, NHS sources say. .

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

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Because claims can be made against employers by people who are injured by negligently hired or retained employees, firms need to know the risks involved in hiring decisions. The victim must prove the employer knew the employee was unfit for the job and verify the victim’s injury was foreseeable (see Phipps v.

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Fury over NHS ‘coronavirus scoring system’ which treats learning disability patients like a ‘sub-class of the population’

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But it discriminates against people with learning disabilities who may need round-the-clock care, according University of London professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne. . But it discriminates against people with learning disabilities who may need round-the-clock care, according University of London professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne (pictured).