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How a Compensation Strategy Helps You Compete for Talent

Construction Business Owner

How a Compensation Strategy Helps You Compete for Talent. Compensation strategy is often limited to the financial side of business, but a well-designed compensation plan is much more than a budgeting tool. Compensation. Mon, 10/31/2022 - 10:20. Fill out the form to download the white paper. . Promote to rotator No.

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Consider Collectively Bargained Workers' Compensation

Construction Business Owner

Collectively bargained workers' compensation gives building trade unions and union contractors the ability to create their own workers' comp system, tailored to their specific needs. You may have also heard of collectively bargained workers' compensation referred to as "carve outs" in the traditional workers' compensation system.

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How to Improve Remote Workforce Communications by Eliminating Spreadsheets

Construction Business Owner

She is a designated member of the Chartered Professional in Human Resources (Alberta), current co-chair of the Edmonton Compensation Round Table, and recently joined the Habitat for Humanity Edmonton board of directors. McCaughey holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce, specializing in human resources management, from the University of Alberta.

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Landowners Sue Over 1,100-Mile Ammonia Pipe They Say is Abandoned

ENR Construction

court class action seeks compensation to remove Texas-to-Minnesota line; owner said it has no obligation to take such action for permitted 8-in.-dia.

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Unlimited liability for designers and contractors

Construction Lawyer

The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from the Minnesota supreme court that approved legislation that effectively wiped out that states statute of repose. The bridge had been maintained (or, according to some reports, not maintained) by the State of Minnesota. Unlimited liability for designers and contractors.

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Risk or Reward? Using Drones on Your Construction Project

Best Practices Construction Law

In this week’s issue of ENR , technology writer Luke Abaffy details the use of drones by Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to conduct bridge inspections. We’ve all seen the YouTube videos or Facebook posts of a drone in action. The real challenge becomes getting access to this information as early as possible.

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Hard Hats & Crafts – Celebrating Women Leaders in Construction Safety

Construction Junkie

As a Workers’ Compensation claims representative, I was only involved after the injury occurred. I was ready to leave Northern Minnesota and take on the challenge. But now there are women’s which is so much nicer, just need GC to put a combo lock on instead of a key as there is never a key for me as I am not there every day.

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