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Editor's note: The following is condensed from a seminar presented at the American Society of Concrete Contractors' Fall Conference.
Many contractors don't realize the legal risk at which they or their employees put the company every day.
In construction, there's not a lot of thought given to employment law, and that can open a company up to legal danger, says Robert Lapota, senior manager at MRA—Institute of Management.
Lapota, whose firm has several construction clients in the Midwest, says that most problems occur not because of the actions of the owner, but those of other employees.
"Over 90 percent of the cases I read are having to do with someone's direct supervisor or other employees," he says. "It's usually something along the lines of ‘You treated me unfairly.' "
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