NWIR to Host Free Webinar on Training and Retention June 18, 2019 On June 20, 2019, the National Women in Roofing (NWIR) will host another in their series of free webinars pertaining to the roofing industry. This next installment is entitled “Training and Retaining Employees,” and will be bosted by Sue Drummond of the NWIR Education Committee. The seminar intends to address the following issues: Are you […] Read More
Cannabis Legality in Canada Means New Safety and Policy Issues for Workers and Employers February 01, 2019 With Canada becoming only the second country in the world (after Uruguay) to legalize the purchase and consumption of cannabis nationwide, employers should review their policies, labor consultants warn. Despite it being legal, employers can still prohibit the use of marijuana in the workplace. Construction workers and consultants working at heights are inherently at risk […] Read More
ICE Enforcement and Raids Stepping Up February 01, 2019 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) I-9 audits and raids on workplaces to arrest illegal immigrants have reached the highest numbers since 2014. Approximately 8000 I-9 audits of U.S. workplaces—four times the number issued in 2017—occurred in 2018. An I-9 audit is a review of an employer’s I-9 forms, required on each employee upon hire to […] Read More
RCI Member News – December 2018 December 14, 2018 Jud Jansen Passes Away Jud Jansen, 74, died September 23, 2018, in Fort Langley, BC, after a year-long battle with cancer. He started as a laborer between Alberta and British Columbia in the 1960s, and became a roof inspector and a reroofing division manager. In 1977, he founded Inter-Provincial Inspectors, selling the company in the […] Read More
The #Metoo Movement – How #Youtoo Can Mitigate Your Risk November 01, 2018 By Trent Cotney and Marci Britt Beginning in October 2017, when dozens of women in the entertainment industry came forward with allegations that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein had sexually harassed or assaulted them, the #MeToo Movement was launched, and soon a tidal wave of similar allegations flooded in against a long list of other prominent, […] Read More
“What Do We Want? Equality. What Don’t We Want? Misogyny” November 01, 2018 That’s what the construction workers chant to women walking by in an Australian advert for Snickers called “Hungry Builders.” The premise of the ad is that men don’t act “normal” when they’re hungry, and if they just had a Snickers bar, they would go back to being misogynistic and instead objectify the women walking by. […] Read More
