Publications

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced revised record-keeping requirements that will go into effect on January 1, 2015, for workplaces under OSHA’s jurisdiction. Under the revised rule, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of […]

On July 31, 2014, the President issued the “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Executive Order (“EO”) “to promote economy and efficiency in procurement by contracting with responsible sources who comply with labor laws.” According to the White House Fact Sheet, the EO is intended to “crack[ ] down on federal […]

On September 26, 2014, the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) released Final Rules changing federal contractors’ veteran reporting requirements.  The new rules rescind the VETS-100/100A reports, and replace them with the new “VETS-4212 Report.”  Like the VETS-100/100A Reports, federal contractors must file a VETS-4212 report if […]

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the national association representing the real estate finance industry, elected AmeriSphere’s Rodrigo López as its 2015 vice chairman during the MBA’s 101st annual convention this October in Las Vegas. Mr. López, the President, CEO, and founder of AmeriSphere, also serves as a director of Mutual […]

The 7th Annual Nebraska Wind and Solar Conference & Exhibition: Turning Challenges into Nebraska Opportunities will be on October 29–30, 2014, at the Embassy Suites Omaha-La Vista Conference Center. Baird Holm is a major sponsor of the event, and at 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, October 30, Baird Holm’s David Levy […]