I recently received a flurry of e-mails with news reports about a roofing contractor and his foreman in California being charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2008 death of one of their workers. These charges were announced by the San Francisco District Attorney in April 2010. Co-workers and associates expressed shock at the news.
So, everyone out there making more than $250,000 a
year is going to end up subsidizing the rest of us who make less. Let’s pretend
we can squeeze enough out of you folks alone to pay off our federal debt - just
as it’s necessary to believe in Peter Pan if you want to visit Never Land.
Recently we bore witness to a couple of major events
in the supply-chain sector of the roofing industry. Beacon Roofing Supply, the
first consolidator of roofing distributors to go public, was called out by
NASDAQ (where their stock is traded under the symbol BECN) and recognized in a
bell-ringing ceremony.
Increased call volume is a storm side effect that
every roofer looks forward to. However, most of those calls will also involve
another element that can impact your success after a storm - insurance
companies.
When was the last time you thought about violence in
your workplace? Many employers would say “never.” But did you know that a
recent study on workplace violence found 57 percent of respondents reported a
violent incident at their workplace?
Unfortunately there are no directions that fall out of
the womb with a newborn child, and most of us learn to be good parents through
trial and error. Managing people is much the same. When you hire or promote
your first foreman, salesperson and office administrator, there are no
directions with that addition.
I’ve been employed across the country as an expert
witness in a number of construction injury cases over the years. As an OSHA
Standards-based consultant, I am typically hired by law firms which represent
the injured or deceased worker.
This article grows out of a task I’ve taken upon
myself to help a good friend put together his résumé. My friend is the same age
as I am, 63, which in itself presents a large challenge when it comes to
finding new employment.
Writing on the topic of worker safety in this column a few issues back I casually mentioned that cutting back on marketing efforts in tough times is a bit like tossing out the clock to save time. While I certainly cannot take credit for coming up with this bit of wisdom, I do buy into it.
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