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First Thing To Do In A Disaster

July 1, 2019

Think quick!  Your company has just experienced a major fire or tornado during working hours, what is the first thing you do? Recently a woodworking company in New England experience a 9 alarm fire that started during the middle of the

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It's A Bird, It's A Plane.......It's OSHA

June 3, 2019

On May 18, 2018 OSHA issued an internal memorandum to its regional administrators directing the procedures for the use of "drones" during health and safety inspections. They have reportedly been used so far on nearly a dozen worksite

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Is the economy helping to raise you business insurance rates?

May 6, 2019

We have received a number of calls from members asking why they are being quoted such high rates when their business insurance renews? The answer is partially due to the good economy we have been experiencing.  With an aging population

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Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Overtime Update

April 1, 2019

On March 7, 2019 the Department of Labor announced a proposed rule that would make more than a million more American workers eligible for overtime.  The question to start asking yourself and your managers is "how will this rule affect our

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What Are You Doing Today To Increase Business in 2020?

March 4, 2019

Based on a large volume of member calls and attendance at a number of shows, the consensus is that business is not as strong as people would like and many business owners have said their companies have "excess manufacturing capacity."  In

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