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Most-read Stories of 2021
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS COO Materials, milestones, product innovations and safety were some of the hottest topics in 2021. A new year is a good time to look back at the previous year to not only note the hot topics but to also learn from what happened as we ...
The Status of Independent Contractor is Changing
By Trent Cotney, Cotney Attorneys and Consultants. New changes to worker classification are making it a challenge to classify subcontractors and 1099 labor. On December 27, 2021, in The Atlanta Opera, Inc. 371 NLRB No. 45 (2021), the National Labor Relations Board provided public notice requesting briefs and analysis ...
Don’t Miss These Sessions at IRE 2022!
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. Join members of the roofing industry, including our very own RCS president, for an exciting couple of days full of speaking sessions! This year's International Roofing Expo (IRE) is set to be an exciting couple of days for everyone in the roofing industry that is ...
NRCA Encourages Roofing Professionals to Register for Virtual Legal Conference
The National Roofing Contractors Association is inviting roofing industry professionals to register for its newest virtual conference, LEGALCon 2022, which will be held March 10. During the conference, NRCA will provide four one-hour sessions about the latest developments in contract law, employment law and roofing technology from legal and technical ...
‘Tis the Season of Giving in the Roofing Community
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Learn how the roofing community gives back through foundations and education in this heartwarming Coffee Conversations. Season 3, Episode 6 of Coffee Conversations, sponsored by ABC Supply, hits home with an episode on giving back through roofing foundations. Join Heidi J. Ellsworth and ...
Growth in 2022
RCS Influencer Trent Cotney says 2022 will be a year of growth for Cotney Attorneys and Consultants. In 2022, Cotney Attorneys & Consultants plan on focusing on our core competencies in both legal and consulting. We are heavily promoting our shopcotney.com website where you can get everything from contract documents ...
Coffee Conversations - A Season of Roofing Giving - PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of an live interview with Heidi Ellsworth, Trent Cotney, Chuck Chapman, Dave Lawlor, George Patterson and John Hellein. You can read the interview below, listen to the podcast here or watch the webinar. Heidi Ellsworth: Good morning everybody as you're joining. We're going to ...
Helping Employees Give Back
RCS Influencer Trent Cotney says the act of giving back provides the foundation for the roofing industry to flourish. To everything there’s a season, and this is the season of giving. This year is perhaps the most unique, giving us new reasons for intentionally and purposefully doing well by doing ...
Top October Stories: Drones, Fall Protection and Supply Chain Shortages
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. In looking at our most popular articles for the month of October, it’s no surprise that our visitors were most interested in the topics that are hot in the roofing industry – supply chain issues, technology ...
OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard
By Trent Cotney, Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. The standard requires employers to have proof of vaccination or weekly testing for their employees. On November 4, 2021, U.S. Labor Department (“DOL”) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring all private companies with 100 or more employees ...
