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Tips for Safeguarding Your Baby Boomer Construction Workers

InterWest Insurance Services

The average age of a construction worker is now in the 40s. Baby boomers — people born between 1946 and 1964 — represent 40% of the construction industry workforce, according to the Center for Construction Research and Training. Their odds also increase for developing lung disease, stroke, back problems and arthritis.

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The 1972 Commission Report re 1935

Florida Workers' Comp

I have, there and elsewhere, noted some people's captivation by and reverence for the Report of the (1972) National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws. The panel included Professor John Burton , an emeritus professor at Rutgers University and the Chair of the 1972 Commission. The program will be moderated by the Hon.

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Arkansas Court Agrees that Temp Worker was Employee of Construction Co.

The Workcomp Writer

The court stressed that the special employer had sufficient control over the work of the temporary worker to create an employment relationship between the it and the injured worker. The agency assigned Ward to Commerce Construction Company, for whom Ward had never worked. Commerce Constr. 28, 2024)]. Ward appealed.

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Paterson Contractors Settle with OSHA for $215,000 for Safety Violations

Workers' Compensation

Primetime Contractors contested the citations and penalties to the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. The settlement requires the employers to undertake the following enhanced abatement measures: Conduct a pre-job hazard assessment for each job.

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NC Employer May Not Use Truck Driver’s “Misconduct” in Causing Accident as Excuse for Denying TTD Benefits

The Workcomp Writer

The court reviewed the state’s so-called Seagroves test, which holds that, under appropriate circumstances, an employee’s termination for misconduct may constitute a constructive refusal of suitable employment on the part of the former employee, such that he or she is also disqualified from receiving temporary total disability benefits.

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Otis Elevator Co. Sued for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation by EEOC

HR Digest

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The worker has autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, which made him sensitive to loud ambient or vocal noises, and affected his ability to think and concentrate while on construction sites.

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Divided R.I. High Court Says Workers’ Comp Release Was Sufficiently Broad to Bar Discrimination Claim Against Employer

The Workcomp Writer

The majority held the terms of the release signed by the injured worker were unambiguous and clearly released the employer from all claims that the worker might be able to file against the employer, including those that might be filed with the state’s Human Rights Commission. Background. Background. Motion for Summary Judgment.