Trent Cotney
August 03, 2020
Florida News
Creating Company Policies for Telework
By Trent Cotney When news came of a new virus known as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), most workplaces elected to move to remote work. What […]
May 30, 2020
Florida News
Cotney Law: 3 Reasons Why a Workers’ Compensation Claim...
By Trent Cotney Workers’ compensation fraud is a common issue that plagues all workplaces, including the construction industry. Unfortunately, there are over 30 billion dollars […]
February 06, 2020
Florida News
Cotney Law: Florida Workers’ Comp Insurance Rate Cut Effective...
By Trent Cotney On November 6, Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier issued a final order approving a 7.5% decrease for Florida workers’ compensation insurance rates. […]
June 08, 2019
Florida News
OSHA Enforcement Set to Increase
Reprinted from the May 2019 Cotney Construction Law Update On April 3, 2019, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta testified before a subcommittee of the U.S. House […]
May 11, 2019
Florida News
Summary of Florida Senate Bill 674
Reprinted from the April 2019 Cotney Construction Law Update Senate Bill (SB) 674 is being proposed by the Florida Senate in the 2019 legislative session. […]
October 31, 2018
Florida News
OSHA’s Five Year Look Back Period Cap No Longer...
By Trent Cotney – Excerpted from the Cotney Construction Law Update Newsletter – September 2018 Prior to 2015, OSHA’s Field Operations Manual states that an […]
October 01, 2018
Florida News
Gun Licenses and Medical Marijuana
Excerpted from the Cotney Construction Law Update Newsletter – August 2018 With a growing number of states passing laws legalizing marijuana, much of the marijuana […]
