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Strategic Planning - Start at the Core
Posted by Kevin Jeffery on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
For many people, the end of the year is a time to analyze past practices and begin to look at new ideas for the coming year. At Graniterock, we’ve taken several months of 2013 to work on our strategic plan for the future. You may find some of our methods helpful as you look to the future of your business.We recognize there are many different approaches to the strategic planning process. We’ve chosen to look at ... Read More
Hone the Job You Have Into One You Love
Posted by Kevin Jeffery on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
By SHANE J. LOPEZPublished: May 25, 2013OVER the past few months, American workers have been suffering from a major case of spring fever. Many of them, for the first time in years, are thinking about testing the waters of the slowly improving economy. They are looking for better jobs than those they’ve been clinging to throughout the recession. Maybe, they think, they can even find a job they love.Based on my study of a representative sample ... Read More
Changes to Construction Law in 2012: Prevailing Wage Violation Penalties; Off-Haul Trucking
Posted by Kevin Jeffery on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
This is thethird in a series on Changes to the Construction Law 2012 by Kevin Jeffery, Graniterock Legal Counsel.For years, the construction industry had endured uncertainty as to whether the off-haul of construction materials from a public works project was covered by the California prevailing wage law (PWL). As this Rock Blog has reported, in October 2011, the legislature ended this uncertainty and made clear that all off-hauling of “soil, sand, gravel, rocks, concrete, asphalt, excavation ... Read More
Changes to Construction Law in 2012: LLCs Can Now Become Licensed Contractors
Posted by Kevin Jeffery on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
This is thesecond in a series on Changes to the Construction Law 2012 by Kevin Jeffery, Graniterock Legal Counsel.Prior to this year, only individuals, partnerships, corporations and joint ventures were eligible to become licensed as contractor in California. Effective January 1, 2012, the Contractors State License Board began processing license applications from limited liability companies (LLCs), as well.This change has been in the works since the fall of 2010, when the California legislature passed a bill ... Read More
Changes to the Law in 2012: Prompt Payments to Subcontractors & Public Works Retention
Posted by Kevin Jeffery on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
This is thefirst in a series on Changes to the Construction Law 2012 by Kevin Jeffery, Graniterock Legal Counsel.California legislators passed a flurry of laws impacting the construction industry in 2011. Most of them went into effect January 1, 2012. This is the first of a short series of articles describing these legal changes.Prompt payment deadlines shortened. Senate Bill 293, signed into law by Governor Brown in October 2011, changed the prompt payment law that affects ... Read More
California Supreme Court Holds Injured Employee of Independent Contractor Cannot Sue the Contractor’s Hirer for Injury Caused by Cal/OSHA Violation
Posted by Kevin Jeffery on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
When the employee of an independent contractor suffers an injury on the jobsite, can the employee recover damages from the entity or individual who hired that independent contractor?This question was raised in an opinion issued by the California Supreme Court last month, Seabright Insurance Company v. US Airways, Inc. The Supreme Court in that case reaffirmed the general rule that the injured employee cannot sue the hirer of the independent contractor, even when the hirer is ... Read More
California DIR Tells SF Bay Pipeline Contractors and Truckers that Off-Haul of Excavated Material Is Prevailing Wage
Posted by Kevin Jeffery on Wed, March 18th, 2015, 8:16 am
California DIR Tells SF Bay Pipeline Contractors and Truckers that Off-Haul of Excavated Material Is Prevailing Wage WorkCalifornia’s prevailing wage laws require that employers on public works projects pay their employees at specified wage and benefit rates set by the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Generally, this so-called “prevailing” wage is not in fact the average wage paid to workers in the area, but instead is designed by the State to match the wages and ... Read More
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