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EEOC Issues Construction Industry Harassment Prevention Guidance

InterWest Insurance Services

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued new guidance for preventing harassment on construction industry worksites. The guidance, while not binding, can be used as a template for construction firms to implement anti-harassment policies.

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Tips for Safeguarding Your Baby Boomer Construction Workers

InterWest Insurance Services

The average age of a construction worker is now in the 40s. Baby boomers — people born between 1946 and 1964 — represent 40% of the construction industry workforce, according to the Center for Construction Research and Training. Their odds also increase for developing lung disease, stroke, back problems and arthritis.

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Otis Elevator Co. Sued for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation by EEOC

HR Digest

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The worker has autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, which made him sensitive to loud ambient or vocal noises, and affected his ability to think and concentrate while on construction sites.

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Europe not on track to deliver carbon neutral built environment by 2050

Workplace Insight

It has been one year today (24 May 2023), since the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) launched a new policy called the EU Policy Whole Life Carbon Roadmap, to help the European Union accelerate total decarbonisation of buildings and construction — the most heavily emitting sector in the world.

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Arkansas Court Agrees that Temp Worker was Employee of Construction Co.

The Workcomp Writer

The agency assigned Ward to Commerce Construction Company, for whom Ward had never worked. Ultimately, the Arkansas Commission approved a settlement agreement between Ward, the agency, and the agency’s workers’ compensation carrier. The Commission concluded, therefore, that Ward was a dual employee. Ward appealed.

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Throwback Thursday: Graybeal v. Board of Supervisors (1975)

The Workcomp Writer

He vowed revenge against everyone having anything to do with the case and bragged of his ability to construct explosives. Redefining the Course of Employment The Virginia Industrial Commission denied compensation. Dewease was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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Summarizing EEOC’s Harassment Prevention Guide For Constructors

HR Digest

On June 18, the EEOC released a harassment prevention guide for the construction industry to follow, bringing attention to the unrest rampant among workers in the field. The unique structure of construction jobs leaves workers especially vulnerable to workplace harassment.