Finding Balance in Scaffold Law Reform
The Scaffold Law holds that building owners and/or general contractors bear responsibility for an injured worker even if the worker was at fault.
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Category: Columns
Rockland County voices from our editors and guest columnists
It’s Time To Elect Women In Rockland County
This is the moment for Rockland County’s business women to lean in, harness their power, bring their skills to boardrooms, and most importantly, participate in government.
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New York State Moves Closer To Single-Payer Healthcare
Bernie Sanders warmed us up for the possibility of a national single-payer health-care system but now the topic is on the front burner in New York.
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Join A Non-Profit To Boost The Bottom Line
Successful business people understand that giving back not only builds branding but spreads the message about you, your business and opens doors to people and colleagues with like minded ideas and concerns.
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50-Somethings Reinventing Themselves in the Workplace
Too many 50-plus career professionals know what it feels like to be squeezed out of longtime jobs and to lose their financial security by a younger, eager, cheaper labor force.
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Economic Vitality Depends on Affordable Housing Options
Business owners should get behind efforts to pressure towns and villages to relax restrictive building codes and zoning regulations that discourage Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).
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11 Ways to Stay Sane in Today’s Stock Market
When the stock market takes one of its periodic roller-coaster rides it can be useful to have strategies in place to prepare you financially and psychologically to handle the volatility.
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November 2018’s Stock Market and Economy Is Mirroring November 2016’s
With oil prices dropping sharply, down twelve trading sessions going into this week (the longest losing streak ever recorded), an ongoing trade war, huge Brexit concerns, and mixed views on global demand, we are seeing similarities in the economy and markets that mirror that of late 2015 and early 2016.
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Is Your Rockland Business Primed For An Employee Volunteer Program?
Finding ways to support the community where your business is located is important—and with a little planning it can impact the way you do business in a big way.
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Opportunity Knocks on Haverstraw’s Door
President Trump’s new tax law allows real estate investors to take advantage of significant tax savings while investing in federally-approved designated distressed communities in need of economic growth.
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