All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 3 2020 // Don’t let hindsight be 2020. While others are enjoying the holidays and a well-deserved break, Nevada businesses should “check their lists twice” to make sure they are compliant with a host of new laws...
Dec 31 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Postmates Inc. sued the state of California, alleging that a labor rights law set to go into effect this week is unconstitutional.The lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles federal court is a...
Dec 30 2019 // A California law that makes it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors takes effect next week, forcing small businesses in and outside the state to rethink their staffing.The law puts tough...
Dec 12 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to hear an appeal brought by insurance agents of American Family Insurance Co. who have claimed they were wrongly classified as independent contractors and denied benefits.The high...
Dec 9 2019 // Atlanta, GA, December 9, 2019 — Blue River Underwriters, a Breckenridge Insurance Group company, welcomes the return of Lisa Ebos, CRIS, CPL as senior vice president, senior underwriter of the contractors’ programs...
Dec 9 2019 // Federal workplace safety regulators have proposed just over $205,000 in penalties against a Missouri-based roofing contractor for exposing employees to fall hazards at three separate work sites.The U.S. Department of...
Dec 4 2019 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.As strong winds further exasperate the prime weather conditions for wildfires in California, efforts to save lives and property are a foremost priority of emergency...
Nov 26 2019 // Federal workplace safety officials have proposed $210,037 in penalties against a Missouri contractor protect employees from trench collapse and electrical hazards.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Nov 22 2019 // Investigations by the Connecticut Department of Labor’s Wage and Workplace Standards Division into complaints of workers being improperly employed at a large poultry plant in Bozrah has led to fines of more than...
Nov 14 2019 // The California Trucking Association and two California independent owner-operator truck drivers have filed an amended complaint with the U.S. Southern District Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against...
Oct 30 2019 // Texans with property in locations that were hit by the severe weather that swept through Dallas and North Texas on Sunday, Oct. 20 are now targets of a scam involving insurance deductibles, insurance regulators say.The...
Oct 30 2019 // Specialty insurance broker McGriff, Siebels & Williams (McGriff) has launched an office in Kansas City led by industry experts Stacy Spurgeon, Paula Brennan and Vicky Owens.The team will tackle the new challenges...
Oct 30 2019 // Park Chol-hee was working the holiday shift at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard on Labour Day, 2017, when a giant crane collided with another and crashed to ground, killing six people, including Park’s...
Oct 30 2019 // Executives at Kirby Co.’s home office noticed an odd trend: Its door-to-door vacuum-cleaner salespeople were increasingly involved in the same side gig — pitching CBD oil.Kirby, whose parent company is owned by...
Oct 23 2019 // A roofing contractor in Martin, Ohio, has been cited for willful, repeated and serious violations of federal workplace safety standards and faces penalties of totaling $247,544.The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Oct 18 2019 // Ensuring safety on the skywalk system in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, has become tougher in recent years, in part because funding for security officers has been cut, a security contractor said after a gang of young men...
Sep 27 2019 // Frank Castro, a producer at Giddings, Texas-based independent insurance agency, The Nitsche Group, has been elected to the Austin Contractors & Engineers Association’s (ACEA) board of directors as...
Sep 26 2019 // Airbus SE said it has taken steps to shield itself from cyber attacks targeting the European aerospace and defense company through subcontractors’ computer systems.The maker of passenger planes and military jets is...
Sep 18 2019 // FCCI Insurance Group reported it has awarded a dividend based on favorable results for its Contractors Select program with Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Indiana/Kentucky.The program is designed to reward ABC...
Sep 18 2019 // PG&E Corp. sought to assure a judge it’s making progress on fire prevention, saying it’s exceeding regulatory requirements to clear vegetation from power lines.Kevin Orsini, a lawyer for the utility, on...