Are Your Employees Satisfied With Their Benefits?

A recent study from Metlife found that an increasing number of employees feel they are not receiving the benefits they need from employers. Employee satisfaction with benefit offerings has fallen to 61% in 2023 from 64% in 2022, reaching its lowest point in the past decade of the study’s history. One significant reason for this…

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Contractors – do you know how to insure your project?

Not long ago, owners, general contractors, subcontractors, architects and engineers on large construction projects all had separate general liability insurance. On-site contractors also secured their own workers’ compensation insurance. According to the International Risk Management Institute, all these insurance coverages added about 6% to the total project cost. Often, project participants were confused about who…

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3-D Printing: Benefits and Risks

3-D printing has taken off in recent years. An additive manufacturing technique, it is the process of printing layers of material on top of one another to “grow” a product. Product creation relies on computer-aided design (CAD) files. Stereolithography software reads the CAD file and uses a material such as paper, powder or metal to…

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