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What Happens Next?

PIASC friends… The Management Guys—Gerry Michael and Bob Lindgren would be happy to help you think through your options. Give us a call. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? You’ve worked hard all of your life, building your printing business from scratch into a growing success. However, now you’re in your 50’s and you have begun to think

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What Happens Next?

PIASC friends… The Management Guys—Gerry Michael and Bob Lindgren would be happy to help you think through your options. Give us a call. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? You’ve worked hard all of your life, building your printing business from scratch into a growing success. However, now you’re in your 50’s and you have begun to think

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Why Your Firm May Need Professional Liability Coverage

A majority of companies are leaving themselves exposed in one crucial area as they take on high-end professional services work. As more companies’ work is intangible, many firms are missing a critical element of protection for their professional services. Professional liability insurance in the past was mainly purchased by architects, accountants and lawyers, but with

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Why Your Firm May Need Professional Liability Coverage

A majority of companies are leaving themselves exposed in one crucial area as they take on high-end professional services work. As more companies’ work is intangible, many firms are missing a critical element of protection for their professional services. Professional liability insurance in the past was mainly purchased by architects, accountants and lawyers, but with

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Why Your Firm May Need Professional Liability Coverage

A majority of companies are leaving themselves exposed in one crucial area as they take on high-end professional services work. As more companies’ work is intangible, many firms are missing a critical element of protection for their professional services. Professional liability insurance in the past was mainly purchased by architects, accountants and lawyers, but with

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ICE on Course to Increase I-9 Audits by 400% This Year

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been stepping up its enforcement by more than doubling the amount of investigations it was doing in 2017. The drive is likely to continue and intensify under ICE’s push for a “culture of compliance” among businesses. As part of this push, it’s expected that ICE will conduct 400%

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Employers Failing to Report Serious Injuries to OSHA, DOL finds

A recent federal government report has urged the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to take steps to ensure that employers report fatalities and injured worker hospitalizations. Many employers may not be aware, but in 2015 OSHA amended its severe-injury reporting rule to require that employers report the inpatient hospitalization of a single injured employee. Prior

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Do Return-to-Work Programs Work?

Employers who have an injured worker are caught in a bind – especially if the injury occurred on the job. As the worker recovers, employers are faced with a decision. Here are the options: Settle the workers’ comp claim and let the employee go, Continue to have the worker stay home, pending a full recovery,

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Number of Employers Offering Coverage Grows

The number of companies offering health insurance to their employees has risen for the first time in a decade, according to new research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. In 2017, almost 47% of private-sector employers offered health insurance, up from 45.3% in 2016. The percentage had previously been dropping steadily since 2008, when more

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NLRB Moves to Restore Joint-Employer Standard

The National Labor Relations Board has issued a proposed rule that would roll back an Obama-era board decision on joint-employer status for companies that hire subcontractors or use staffing or temp agency workers. The decision by the NLRB in 2015 overturned a long-time precedent (a standard in place since 1984) that a company must have

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