OSHA Violations Just The Tip of the Iceberg

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Interfaith Medical Center Cited for Safety and Health Hazards; $48,000 in Fines Proposed The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently cited Interfaith Medical Center, in Brooklyn, for 14 violations…

Don't Be This Company

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Sing Da Corp., H Rock Corp. and Vera Construction Inc. for various violations of workplace safety. This comes after the investigation of a January fatality…

The Bad News: Workers Compensation Costs Set To Rise By 10% ; Good News Is The Opportunity It Creates

At least interest rates are still at historic lows! You can't get at the money but that's another rant for another day.   On June 23rd the NY Workers Compensation Board is slated to hold a public hearing with regard to an application…

4 Quick Tips To Avoid or Finance A Wrongful Termination Suit

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Wrongful termination suits typically occur when an employee feels their firing was unjust. We will cover 2 of the most prevalent reasons employers are sued for wrongful termination as well as 4 quick tips to mitigate the loss. The…

Hot Tips To Prevent Employee Fraud

I remember a business associate of mine had a small law office where he did real estate transactions. He naturally did much himself, however when he contracted cancer he had let his office manager run the office, including paying the bills.…

NYC D.O.B. Meeting Yields Clarification on NYC General Liability Insurance Ruling

  If YOU PURCHASE NY CONSTRUCTION LIABILITY INSURANCE AFTER JUNE 13th, 2011 PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING :   For Certain Construction & Demolition Permitees if you don't amend your NY Construction General Liability Insurance…

NYC Cool Roofs Program Creates Opportunity for Contractors & Building Owners

At Metropolitan Risk Advisory we are always looking for innovative programs to help our construction firms, and real estate owners maximize and efficiently deploy their resources. This is yet another example of what we believe. The NYC Cool…

American Institute for Stress Says Businesses Lost 13.4 Days of Work Due To Stress

According to the American Institute of Stress U.S. businesses lose a whopping 13.4 million days of worker productivity annually. What's an even more telling statistic , and more costly is that between 60% to 80% of workplace injuries are workplace…

Solution To NYC Building Department's Rule Concerning Project Specific Liability Insurance For NY General Contractors & Developers

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For those of you late to the dance, this is part 3 of the issue. We suggest you click on the two previous posts to understand exactly what the issue is. This latest post is our potential solution: Click On: New York City Department of Buildings…