Top Labor and Employment Issues Facing Today’s Metal Construction Industry at METALCON 2017
NEWTON, Mass.— Featured speaker and Labor Attorney, John Cruickshank of Alaniz Schraeder Linker Farris Mayes LLP, will explore current labor and employment policy issues confronting the metal construction industry, and the overall construction industry, at METALCON on Oct. 18 and 19, 2017 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
With a whole host of labor and employment issues facing the industry, Cruickshank says the biggest headache for management today is handling the increase in disabled and injured workers seeking accommodation and light-duty. “More and more employees are showing up to work with medical conditions, which affect their ability to perform their jobs,” he said. "Some conditions, such as many forms of cancer, qualify as disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act; other conditions, such as many sports injuries, do not. We have to determine which employees to accommodate and how, and if we accommodate, do we offer light duty or different positions?”