Hurricanes, floods, wind damage, heat waves, shootings, and domestic terrorism—all events that have happened this year. Is your business ready? MEMIC recently archived an August webinar entitled "Is Your Business Ready?," which is designed...

Workplace safety is often assumed to be someone else’s job, common sense, or just a matter of luck.  In fact, it takes a lot of dedicated focus by all members of an organization in order to be successful.  Vince Lombardi might have st...

The special health section in Monday's Boston Globe featured a cover story about an issue important to every parent and, hopefully, every employer: workplace safety for young workers, particularly teenagers. We know that inexperienced workers are twi...

The purpose of safety training is to provide the knowledge necessary to perform a job safely. Training is one method employers use to assist employees in making safe decisions, improve safety culture, and remain compliant with OSHA and other federal ...

I have reviewed hundreds of construction jobsites over the years. Inevitably, owners ask me what can be done about the illegal use of subcontractors. Specifically, they vent about their competition classifying their employees as subcontractors and th...

This week, MEMIC began sending out information to insurance agents and customers about an impending law change in Maine which will redefine who is, and isn't, an independent contractor for purposes of workers' compensation. Any business in the c...

If you attempt to closely follow the laws around subcontractors and workers' compensation, you have been busy. This is an active area in nearly every state in the country.  It's confusing to some and confounding to many, but it's important. If ...

My wife approached me the other day with a list in hand, I always get nervous when she does that.  She had been working on the 2010 Christmas list and had questions (opportunities!) for me to assist with the task.  It seems early in the se...

Believe it or not, on July 29th, 2015 there are only 148 days until Christmas! I apologize for making you think about the upcoming cold winter in the middle of this beautiful summer! For many businesses, planning is already underway to meet the peak ...

The Galactic Empire has its priorities all wrong, and I'm not just talking about its proclivity for the dark side. With needlessly hazardous and inefficient workplaces, it’s no wonder they haven’t been able to bring order to the galaxy o...