workplace

OSHA Adds Additional Information to COVID-19 FAQ Page for Reporting Work-Related Cases

October 1, 2020

The FAQs are the latest effort by OSHA to provide employers and employees with more information about how it will enforce its standards and regulations during the pandemic.

Roofing Contractors Keep Working in Peak Season Despite Sharp Spikes in Temperature, COVID-19

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Chris Gray

August 10, 2020

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Roofing contractors keep working in peak season despite sharp spikes in temperatures and COVID-19 cases.

The Rapidly Evolving Marijuana Rules for Roofing Contractors

Richard Alaniz

March 13, 2020

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With more than half of the U.S. legalizing the use of marijuana in some form or another, maintaining a safe and drug-free environment is becoming more difficult to achieve.

Roofing Workplace Safety: Employee Disputes

Depending on the situation, the employer may need to do more than simply smooth out workplace disputes.

Richard Alaniz

October 11, 2019

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Workplace disputes can range from simple verbal arguments to the extreme of workplace violence. Depending on the situation, the employer may need to do more than simply smooth out conflicts.

Lewd Language in the Age of #MeToo

Employers must be especially aware of how cultures may clas and cause hostile work environments.

Richard Alaniz

January 14, 2019

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The old axiom that "words can never harm me" may have been true at some point, but that is certainly no longer the case in this age of #MeToo.

ICE Enforcement — Coming Soon to Your Roofing Workplace

Continued and even increased ICE enforcement activity, especially focusing on the workplace, is expected.

Richard Alaniz

December 12, 2018

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In the first seven months of this year, there have been over 5,000 I-9 audits of U.S. workplaces.

Profanity in the Roofing Workplace

You may curse the day you didn't set workplace guidelines about swearing.

Richard Alaniz

October 15, 2018

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The use of profanity in everyday conversation has become pervasive, especially with Generation Xers and Millennials.

5 Tips: Training Spanish Speaking Roofers and Overcoming the ‘Macho Thing’

Isaac Botbol

April 11, 2018

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Providing a leadership training program for first generation, non-English fluent Hispanic employees can be challenging.

#MeToo and You: Business Owners Big and Small are Facing Sexual Harassment Claims

Richard Alaniz

March 19, 2018

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These incidents are usually more mundane than the outrageous conduct reported recently involving Hollywood and the halls of congress.

Helping Hispanic Employees Help Themselves

A language barrier adds to the anxieties a worker feels because it limits their ability to communicate or express their feelings.

Isaac Botbol

February 21, 2018

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First generation Hispanics in the American workplace have a variety of complex issues that are worth noting by their English-speaking managers and supervisors.