A contractor is hired to remodel a store in a busy commercial area. The contractor’s painting subcontractor leaves a bucket of oily rags in the alley next to the store overnight, and they ignite, completely destroying the neighboring building. The cost to replace the building and its contents is over $2.8 million. The contractor’s contract… Read more »
As a business owner, you know that having adequate insurance in place to protect your business is important. But do you know what coverages you need – which are standard and which may need to be added? While insurance is simple in concept –a means to transfer risk you do not want to assume on… Read more »
It’s that time of the year again… We have already set our clocks back an hour, but the nights grow darker sooner as we progress through the end of the year. For many, it will become very dark before it’s time to leave work and head home for the day. Although the days become darker… Read more »
Do you know how much time you spend looking at a computer screen each day? The screen can be the smallest Smartphone screen or as large as a desktop monitor. According to a recently released report by eMarketer, Americans put in seven hours and 50 minutes on average per day watching some type of digitally… Read more »
Similar to changing an undesired habit, achieving a work-life balance is not as easy as one may think. Therefore, it is no surprise that helping individuals find and achieve work-life balance has become a billion-dollar industry. What makes work life balance so elusive for so many? One of the most important reasons why many of… Read more »
Hotels offer their guests many amenities, but perhaps no amenity has more influence on where guests stay than a swimming pool. Whether your hotel pool is indoors or outdoors, it acts as the magnet that draws your guests together. It can also be a source of safety issues. Hotel pools present several potential safety concerns… Read more »
2020 ushered in plenty of changes that many referred to as the “new normal.” One of the most significant changes concerned the workplace. Because of guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), many employers switched from onsite work to remote work. As we move through 2021, remote work has remained a part… Read more »
Does your job involve using a ladder? Do you know what to do to prevent falling when climbing a ladder? According to the latest data compiled by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2017, falls from stools and ladders caused more than 270,000 emergency room visits, as well as nearly 42,000 hospitalizations and/or deaths…. Read more »
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and the business environment has changed. Office spaces have been replaced with home offices and meetings have been replaced with videoconferencing. But for all that technology has done to help us collaborate and communicate, many employees are reporting a side effect of this new landscape. Whether you… Read more »
Autonomous vehicles are considered the future. From Uber to Apple to Amazon, investment in self-driving cars and trucks continues to ramp up. But there’s a long way to go before these reach critical mass as training artificial intelligence is laborious. When it comes to humans as drivers, it is easy for our brains to identify… Read more »
