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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
What happens if your business suffers property damage or a supply chain disruption and is forced to stop operations either fully or partially? Will your insurance cover the work stoppage or slowdown? It is important to understand how your insurance can protect you from the resulting financial loss. In addition to potential recovery for property
If you have outdoor workers or staff that will have to venture out into the elements during an especially cold winter, you need to make sure you are taking the correct precautions to keep them safe. If the conditions are extremely harsh, your workers are at heightened danger of injury, or worse. But even if
A typical organization will lose an estimated 5% of its revenues every year due to fraud, according to a study by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. The median loss among organizations both large and small was $140,000 per occurrence, and more than 20% of embezzlement losses were more than $1 million, the association found.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule eliminating the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to electronically submit information from some workplace injury tracking forms. The final rule will still require employers of this size to submit OSHA Form 300A – Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses –
News of the latest global data breach of some 773 million e-mail address and passwords should prompt individuals and organizations alike to change their passwords – particularly for any accounts that have financial, credit card or other personal information. The scope of this breach cannot be overstated as the list includes log-in credentials from more
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – direct mail is not dead! Although the volume of direct mail went down to 149.4 billion in 2016, as a percentage, it went up. In fact, according to the DMA’s 2017 Response Rate Report, direct mail’s household response rate is at 3.7%, compared to 0.2%
The number of breastfeeding discrimination lawsuits filed against U.S. employers has skyrocketed 800% in the last decade. And the trend is likely to continue as more young women learn about their rights and the media focuses its attention on the plight of women who want to express milk while at work. Eight years ago, the
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