In today’s fast-paced business environment, there’s no shortage of legal issues that should rise to a high level of concern for roofing contractors. In recent months, contractors have faced changes in just about everything from employee classification and healthcare, to tax regulations and contract re-negotiations due to scarce roofing materials. Still, it’s hard to trump safety as the leading cause of concern — and legal liability — that contractors have to face.
That’s largely been the focus of Philip Seigel’s career as a construction attorney for the past two decades. He will share his knowledge and first-hand experience defending and representing roofing contractors during a session at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday at the IRE in Las Vegas. His focus will be on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s multi-employer worksite doctrine and the unforeseeable employee misconduct defense to an OSHA citation.