What is one of the most influential factors affecting your company’s success? It’s your employees—the people who are right beside you, helping to build the profit and pursue opportunities for growth. Physical assets—the buildings and equipment—support financial goals, but to carry out the directives necessary to reach those goals, a company won’t get too far without trusted employees.

Question: An employee came back from the chiropractor with a handout of specific ergonomic measurements for her work station, stating that the employee’s back problem - a previous condition – is being exacerbated by what she is doing at work. The company’s office is state of the art, and designed with ergonomic considerations. The employee sits at a station to type, and turns her head to address patients, versus turning her chair and whole body. The employee also wants to have the computer screen higher, despite the desk and screen currently being set at the proper height. The company feels that the issues are caused by the employee not using the equipment properly, versus facilities that are being provided. What does the company need to document or purchase now, to ensure it does not get a future claim for the employee’s back issue?

Graybar has invited chapter members to a Counter Day on Tuesday, August 2nd from 11am to 1pm. 

The National Electrical Contractors Association hailed the vote in Congress this week to reject the King amendment that would seek to repeal Davis-Bacon coverage on federal and federally-assisted projects.

Introduced in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate, the new Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act is designed to establish investment tax credits (ITCs) for business and home use of energy storage.  The bills is a bipartisan effort introduced by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and being praised by NECA.  It could do for residential and commercial storage what the previous tax credit did for solar.