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By Kelly Mallozzi If you are in any way interested in the Graphic Arts, or if you follow me, Deb Corn or any of a variety of equipment manufacturers, you probably know that the first EVER Project Peacock Print Fair happened last week at the devastatingly beautiful Angel Orensantz foundation. Here is What You Need to Know Close to
Our Showcase Awards Competition provides members with increased name recognition in the industry and is an important tool used by our member to attract new clients. Of late, however, participation in Showcase has decreased. At the January VMA Board of Directors meeting, the difficult decision was made to put the Showcase competition on hold for
Sometimes, injured employees are afraid to file a workers’ comp claim after being injured at work because they fear the specter of retaliation by their employer. Experts suspect that up to 10% of workplace injuries are never reported because the workers choose to have the injuries covered by their employer-sponsored health plans. Most employers may
More accidents attributed to smartphone use while driving, coupled with much higher costs of repairs, have led to double-digit increases in commercial auto insurance rates over the past few years. Distracted driving is just one of many factors that have converged on commercial auto insurance claims, resulting in sustained premium increases. Now there are new
Employers with on-call workers who have to phone in to check on a scheduled shift are now required to pay them “reporting pay,” a California appellate court has ruled. The court held in the precedent-setting case of Ward vs. Tilly’s, Inc. that an employee scheduled for an on-call shift may be entitled to partial wages
Cyber attacks on companies’ information systems and data have reached unprecedented proportions, and are growing with each passing year. The biggest threat to an organization is if there’s been a breach of personally identifiable data or credit card information that it stores. That results in a number of costs, including notification costs, providing those whose
California will be implementing the strongest electronic privacy law in the nation come Jan. 1, 2020, but provisions of the law mean that companies that collect and store data on Golden State residents can be held to account for data they store going back to Jan. 1 of 2019. Starting Jan. 1, 2020, California residents
A new report highlights the risks to commercial real estate owners from natural catastrophes and climate-related disasters, which are happening with increasing frequency. The report by Heitman LLC, a global real estate company, in conjunction with the Urban Land Institute, found that the increasing risks from catastrophes are bringing new challenges to commercial property owners
The IRS has proposed new regulations that could let employers avoid Affordable Care Act employer mandate-related penalties by allowing them to reimburse employees for insurance they purchase on health insurance exchanges or the open market. The regulations are not yet finalized, but the IRS has issued a notice explaining how applicable large employers, instead of
While overall workplace injuries have been falling in the last decade, the numbers of deadly and catastrophic injuries are actually on the rise. A new report recommends that employers focus their injury prevention efforts on reviewing accidents that could have resulted in serious injury or death, as well as on near misses, where a potentially
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