Client Alerts & Publications
How Marital Strain & Divorce Impact Workplace Safety & Performance – 4 steps to implement an employee support system
Authors: Adam P. Handfinger,
Published Date: December 12, 2022
Adam Handfinger, co-managing partner of Peckar & Abramson's Miami office, and Pilar Prinz, a family lawyer and co-founder of Forwardly, co-authored "How Marital Strain & Divorce Impact Workplace Safety & Performance – 4 steps to implement an employee support system." The article, written for Construction Business Owner, highlights what marriage strain and divorce look like in the workplace, its potential impacts on [...] Read More
What Contractors Need to Know About OSHA Heading Into 2023
Authors: Stephen E. Irving,
Published Date: November 8, 2022
Stephen E. Irving, senior counsel in Peckar & Abramson's Houston office, has written "What Contractors Need to Know About OSHA Heading Into 2023," an article for Construction Executive. This article discusses the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) efforts to address the hazard of heat injury and illness on construction sites and what contractors should be aware of to best [...] Read More
You Are on Notice: Failure to Comply With Contractual Notice Provisions Can Be Fatal to Your Claim
Authors: Jenifer B. Minsky,
Published Date: September 6, 2022
This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter. Imagine your firm is the construction manager on a multi-million-dollar project. At the end of the project you are five million dollars out-of-pocket. You have a stack of claims for additional and extended work which led to the overrun, payment for which will easily cover the shortfall. However, the owner refuses to [...] Read More
Government to Release EEO-1 Data of Federal Contractors Unless Objections are Filed by September 19, 2022
Authors: Stephen E. Irving,
Published Date: September 2, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) intends to produce EEO-1 disclosures filed by federal contractors between 2016 and 2020 to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by a watchdog group journalist. If contractors wish to prevent release of the demographic information contained in those filings, the deadline to object is [...] Read More
Effective July 1, 2022, Contractors Will be Liable for their Subcontractor’s Failure to Pay its Employees’ Wages and Benefits
Authors: Edward O. Pacer,
Published Date: July 25, 2022
On June 10, 2022, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed two House Bills that amend the Illinois Wage Payment & Collections Act, 820 ILCS 115 et. seq. (“Wage Act”), to provide greater protection for individuals working in the construction trades against wage theft in a defined class of projects. Pursuant to this new law, every general contractor, construction manager, or “primary [...] Read More
