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OSHA Announces 2021 Citation Penalty Increase

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Ever since the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act was passed by Congress in 2015 , OSHA has been required to increase the maximum penalty they can assess businesses for violations. You can find out more about gravity based penalty amounts on OSHA’s website by clicking or tapping here.

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Top 10 Companies for Environmental Engineers to Work For

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. “Those can be part of what an environmental engineer does, but in terms of what an environmental engineer does a day in and day out, you’re really focused on what the regulations say, what you’re required to do to meet those regulations and how you’re going to do it, (while also bearing in mind) the cost and the timeline.”

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Brexit or Fix It?

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The latest polls shows the Brits may be leaning towards approving a “Brexit,” probably not the outcome Prime Minister David Cameron had in mind when he promised an EU referendum in exchange for the votes he needed to secure a large Conservative majority in the 2015 parliamentary elections in Britain.

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Colliers International Predicts Moderate Growth For The Global Economy In 2014

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” Key takeaways from Colliers’ 25 Predictions for 2014 report include: European Economy Overcomes Recession, Strengthens Investment: With the debt crisis in Europe dwindling, strong demand will drive recovery in the U.K., . “In the U.S., as Charlotte, Tampa, Indianapolis and Memphis.” Italy, Germany and Spain.

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Call to the Bullpen

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Under the bill that eventually became law this year (without Chafee’s signature), a new governor-appointed commerce secretary will serve as RI’s primary advocate on economic development matters and oversee the new Executive Office of Commerce, which takes over the duties of the state Department of Business Regulation on Feb.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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The best thing the government can do is stay out of the way, stop proposing rules and regulations that create hurdles toward greater capital investment and focus on policies that help retailers provide increased income and job stability for their employees.”. Forbes magazine reported in 2015 that the Cape Coral metropolitan area is No.

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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percent in 2015 and 2.4 percent in 2015 before easing to 3.4 Since taking office in 2011, Governor Scott has moved aggressively to cut business taxes and costs, pay down debt and streamline the regulatory environment. And that “Upwardly revised payroll job growth year-over-year should average just 1.8 percent in 2012, 1.6

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