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Empowering the workforce through digital transformation

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Through the use of Autodesk Construction Cloud, the project team realised significant gains in visibility and efficiency, saving one hour per day that was previously spent searching for information across different places – and that too, while working on Stage 3B of WestConnex, Australia’s largest infrastructure project.

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Landmark Contractor Licensing Case Limits Disgorgement Remedy in California

Construction and Infrastructure Law

Labor Code §§ 1020-1022), and the inability to maintain a lawsuit to recover compensation for their work. Contractors who perform work in California without being properly licensed are subject to a world of hurt, including civil and criminal penalties ( see, e.g., Cal. & Prof. Code §§ 7028, 7028.6, 7117, and Cal. Bus & Prof.

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Landmark Contractor Licensing Case Limits Disgorgement Remedy in California

Construction and Infrastructure Law

Labor Code §§ 1020-1022), and the inability to maintain a lawsuit to recover compensation for their work. Contractors who perform work in California without being properly licensed are subject to a world of hurt, including civil and criminal penalties ( see, e.g., Cal. & Prof. Code §§ 7028, 7028.6, 7117, and Cal. Bus & Prof.

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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. Section 2810.3 It is expected that joint employer liability will be a top priority for the Labor Commissioner in 2018.

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Traveller letters: Why should we pay 50 per cent more to have middle seats kept empty?

Construction Test

These are the same airlines that have been propped up, can “bump” you off a flight and don’t have to give consumers compensation in any circumstances. However, I’m not finding that to be the case with travel insurance. After all, insurers also have a role in helping the travel industry recover.

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International Arbitration Experts Discuss The Impact On The Global Economy

Constructlaw

According to another, in the United States, there are pre­sently more than 1,250 pandemic insurance litigations. Many insureds, both in the United States and around the world, have policies which contain domestic or interna­tional arbitration provisions. The latter provide for arbi­tration in Bermuda, London, or elsewhere.

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Electrical Workers Taking Deadly Safety Risks

Safety Services Company

Electrical infrastructure fires in buildings, such as detached residential structures accounted for roughly 750 fires and an average of four fatalities annually. These fires are mainly caused by the misuse of stove-top equipment where unattended cooking has resulted in fire fatalities. Data on non-serious incidents is taken as provided.