By: Melanie M. Dunajeski Clients who have worked with me over the years know one of my top employer mantras is “Document, Document, Document.” Routine, contemporaneous documentation of attendance, performance, discipline, training/cross-training, and qualifications gives a more complete and more unfiltered picture of an… Read More >
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Doubling Down on Employer Documentation for the Next Normal
COVID-19 and Mutual Responsibility Clauses
By: Joseph M. Leone As everyone knows, there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty in the construction industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schedules, productivity, safety processes, and seemingly everything else are being affected. In these difficult times, most contractors are making every effort… Read More >
CDC Issues Updated Return to Work Guidance for Healthcare Personnel
By: Jennifer L. Strange The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) previously recommended that people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 self-quarantine for 14 days. However, the CDC recently updated its return to work guidance for healthcare personnel, allowing healthcare personnel to return to… Read More >
Construction and Design Claims During COVID-19 – Protecting Claim Rights
By: Thad Schurter As the COVID-19 health crisis continues its rapid evolution into a widespread economic crisis, its impact on construction has accelerated with each passing week. While Governor Holcomb’s Executive Order classified construction as an “Essential Business,” construction projects have nevertheless been particularly… Read More >
More Hoosiers are Working from Home Than Ever: Does Your Insurance Cover a Data Breach?
By: Erik S. Mroz In response to Governor Holcomb’s Stay-At-Home Orders, more Hoosiers than ever are working from their home offices and kitchen tables. Unfortunately, this new environment provides additional opportunities for hackers, snoops, and other bad guys to launch cyber-attacks against company assets. … Read More >
AIA Contract Insurance Requirements and COVID-19
By: William E. Kelley, Jr. As federal, state, and local regulations and orders continue to be issued, amended, and extended to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, many of those governmental actions directly impact construction projects. One critical and evolving question on these… Read More >
Reporting and Recording COVID-19 and OSHA-Updated as of April 13
By: Sean T. Devenney On its website, OSHA made it very clear that an employee’s COVID-19 infection could become a reportable and recordable OSHA events in certain circumstances. In particular, OSHA’s website as of April 13, 2020, provides: OSHA recordkeeping requirements at 29 CFR… Read More >