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Subcontractor Insurance: 7 Policies Subs Should Consider for Their Business

Levelset

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. When a subcontractor is uninsured, the business can still be liable for any property damage or injury to others. Employment practices liability.

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Marijuana Regulation at Work: Your Responsibilities

Safety Services Company

Due to this gray area, companies with high risk operations may still be required to prohibit its usage, even if its use is allowed at the state level. However, employment laws may vary by state, so it’s best practice to seek further legal advice before introducing policies and procedures that enforce a zero-tolerance policy to marijuana use.

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What Are the Legal Safeguards for Getting Back to Work?

Pro Builder

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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PRIORITIZING SAFETY AT YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY

Safety Services Company

However, it’s important that when planning a holiday party, the excitement over its positive nature doesn’t get in the way of addressing the many safety and legal risks involved. Injuries, harassment, lapse in compliance, and alcohol-related incidents are all to common in far too many workplace holiday parties.

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

Best Practices Construction Law

Clark Spoden , who focuses on business litigation, labor and employment, environmental and construction law. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ( EEOC ) issued its long-awaited Enforcement Guidance regarding employers’ use of arrest and conviction records in employment decisions. Last April, the U.S.

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How the Infrastructure Bill Could Expand Opportunities to Women and Minorities

Fieldwire

Throughout American history, women and minority workers have experienced fewer employment opportunities. The Biden-Harris administration targets some of the current employment limitations in its infrastructure bill. BBB also focuses on increasing employment opportunities as we transition out of the global pandemic.