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OSHA Increases Penalties for Serious, Non-Serious and Repeat Violations by 3.2%

Rising material prices and labor costs aren’t the only thing roofing contractors will need to worry about due to economic conditions in 2024. The U.S. Department of Labor announced in a Jan. 11 news release that it will be increasing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2024.…

Reversing Course … Again

Dec 22, 2023Facilitate Administrator2019, Board, case, decision, Inc, issued, Labor, National, Relations, SuperShuttle

In 2019, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in the SuperShuttle DFW, Inc. case, emphasizing the importance of entrepreneurial opportunity in applying the traditional multi-factor test to determine whether workers should be classified as employees or independent contractors. That decision reversed the precedent, favoring classification as employees and, therefore, unionization. Over the summer,…