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New Heights for Real Estate and Construction Firms Bring New Risks
It’s more challenging than ever for firms that specialize in acquisition and ground-up development to make deals pencil out. Increased labor and construction costs resulting from today’s strong economic climate, workforce shortages and highly valued assets trading are...
New Permissible Exposure Limit for Respirable Crystalline Silica Released
Effective Feb. 5, 2020, in a National Emphasis Program (NEP) directive, OSHA changed the Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) standard permissible exposure limits (PEL) for all industries. The new PEL is 50 micrograms per cubic meter as an 8-hour time weighted average...
Initiatives for Managing Heart Disease with Your Employees
Heart disease, which includes strokes and other cardiovascular diseases, is a pervasive problem in the United States. In fact, more than 12 million people visit their physicians each year for heart disease-related reasons. Individuals diagnosed with heart disease may...
Compliance ✔- Deadline for CMS Creditable Coverage Disclosure
Employers who provide prescription drug benefits must report to CMS annually whether the benefits are creditable in respect to Medicare Part D coverage. The disclosure must be made online within 60 days from the beginning of the plan year. For calendar year plans, the...
Scaling Back – Kicking Off 2020 with a Weight Loss Initiative
By Maggie Hill Last week marked the start of Scale Back Alabama 2020, and Valent Group was excited to participate. With the recent launch of our new wellness program, Taking Steps, we concluded that joining the Scale Back initiative would be the perfect...