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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

Revit OpEd

The new federal Tax Bill has many provisions that impact employers with respect to their employees. The Tax Bill has many provisions that impact employers with respect to their employees. Drizner and Michael Lobie. Editor’s note : This blog was originally published as a Client Alert by Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

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Subtle (and Not So Subtle) Effects of COVID-19 on the Construction Industry

Constructlaw

It is easier to be successful in your claim if it is well-documented. Employee Safety and Unions: Skilled craft persons working side-by-side on a project has always been the cornerstone of construction. Additionally, these new necessary worker protections may inject new life into the power of unions.

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OSHA Testing Can Reduce Employer Liability, Saves Companies Money

Construction Law Monitor

Programs designed to prevent workplace injury and illness are well established in countries like Canada, Australia, Norway, Japan, Korea and all the 27 member states of he European Union. Conventional wisdom claims that safety testing and workplace regulations, such as those imposed represent a job-killing financial drain on businesses.

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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

Here are points to remember when it comes to the walk around inspection: The law provides that a representative of the employer shall be given an opportunity to accompany the inspector. As we have discussed in previous updates, employers should designate a company representative far in advance of any OSHA inspection.

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Alberta Injury Rates 10 Times Higher Than Reported

Safety Services Company

The reason for the discrepancy,” says the papers author Bob Barnetson, “is that the only injuries the government discusses in public are the disabling injury claims. In 2009 the Alberta government reported some 53,000 workplace injuries, however, the group’s paper states the actual number of injuries in the province is 10 times that.

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“Mitbestimmung” in Tennessee

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

A showdown between the United Auto Workers and Volkswagen at VW’s $1-billion assembly plant in Chattanooga, TN could have profound implications for the future of the union, the plant and labor relations in the U.S. to offer a compromise to the autoworkers union. Now, buoyed by a brisk recovery in the U.S.

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Indemnification Clause in Construction Contract was Expensive for Contractor

Construction Lawyer

The plaintiff was a union ironworker employed by Genetech, the window wall subcontractor. The owner and the general contractor filed cross-claims against SJ for indemnification. In a recent New York case, Koerner v. The owner hired Pavarini as the general contractor. Pavarini hired Genetech and SJ, the electrical subcontractor.