Repeat Offenders: Commonly Cited OSHA Standards in the Hospitality Industry & How to Avoid Them
June 29, 2019 via ConvergeBlog
The law has always been clear that there is no statutory limitation on the length of time that a prior OSHA citation may serve as the basis for a Repeat violation. OSHA historically looked back only three years for past violations, but the Obama Administration extended it to five years. However, the look back period is merely a policy that OSHA does, from time to time, ignore when it suits its
agenda. Indeed, the language in the Field Operations Manual, regardless of the stated time period has always qualified that it is not a rigid deadline:
Although there are no statutory limitations on the length of time that a prior citation was issued as a basis for a repeated violation, the following policy shall generally be followed.
This form contains several varying examples of workplace safety language to include in your employee manual. Use these examples to model your own policy regarding workplace safety / accidents and emergency situations.
June 27, 2019 via ConvergeBlog At the most basic level, the value of a hotel is based on the property’s net income divided by a capitalization rate. As such, one has two possible levers to adjust as a means of increasing a property’s value: either increase the property’s net income or decrease the capitalization rate.
Hospitality Case Review: The Top 100+ Hospitality Cases That Impacted Us in 2018
June 20, 2019 via ConvergeBlog This article provides brief summaries of the top 100+ legal cases that have impacted the hospitality industry in the year 2018.
