When doing business within the United States, a federal requirement necessitates all employers who have employees, to be assigned an Employer Identification Number (EIN) also known as a Federal Tax Identification Number from the United States Internal Revenue Service. This number will be acquired by filing Form SS-4, which is an IRS application for an employee identification number. Additionally, since we will be doing business in Texas, the state imposes a state sales tax on all of our retail sales. The current state sales and use tax is 6.25%. In order to collect and pay this tax, our company will file for a sales tax permit from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Local taxing jurisdictions (cities & counties in particular) may also …show more content…
It must also undergo a drainage air test and an inspection must be performed on all back flow prevention devices. We will also file an additional permit under the International Mechanical Code in order to perform our modifications and repairs to the building. Furthermore, under the International Energy Conservation Code, we will seek an exception to this code with the proper installation of qualifying insulation. We will also ask a third party independent from the installer to inspect the air barrier and insulation as required by the code. According to this code, we will be required to report to the city, the types of heating, cooling, and service water heating equipment and their efficiencies.
In regards to the Fire Prevention Code, the entire building will remain within a one hundred fifty foot arc from a fire hydrant. All curbs will be painted red with a four inch (4”) white lettering stating “FIRE LANE – NO PARKING –TOW AWAY ZONE”. Wording will not be spaced more than fifteen feet apart. We will have to instruct our manager that no one can abandon or close the fire lanes without written permission of the Fire Official of the City of College Station. Not doing so, will risk any officer issuing a citations for any motor vehicle, trailer, or boat found parked, unattended in the fire
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However, since our building does have an alarm system, the City Ordinance # 1837 requires three local emergency contacts to be on file with the Police Department who are required to respond when contacted within 30 minutes. Failure to comply with this ordinance can result in a fine, therefore names and cell phone number of our manager will be provided to the local PD to avoid any unnecessary costs to the company.
Since we are purchasing a previously existing building, the Certificate of Occupancy issued by the City of College Station to the previous owner will be transferred to our company. This certificate will insure that all codes and inspection are up to date for this building. Additionally, we will ensure that we have the proper zoning permits that allow for the commercial/retail type of activity that we will be conducting. These permits are issued by the city as authorized by Local Government Code 211.007.
In regards to our employees, our company will not provide worker’s compensation insurance coverage since it is not required in Texas. Therefore as a “non-subscriber” we will be notifying our employees that it is not available at this workplace, and we will post in a prominent place, the proper telephone number to the Safety Violations Hotline for reporting unsafe work
Around thirty labor laws were enforced in reaction to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. A major law was enacted where employees should not have to risk their lives or health in the work place. Other laws included that all high risk building had to have automatic sprinkler systems installed and that all exits had to be unlocked and swing to the outside. It is pivotal that safety measures are taken serious and enforced in a workplace. Deadly fires are bound to happen when the owners of a company neglect the safety of their workers and that is what caused this
Officers requested to 304 West Chester Street for a disturbance. The caller was an employee with the Water Auth. and the individuals at the residence became disorderly with him and his co-worker.
The second accident at the "Timken Steel Faircrest plant" company which a is an employee fall down more than 40 feet which led to several broken bones because of just a small mistake. The problem is when he made a maintenance on a crane he wasn't ware Certified safety harness which it could safe his live from the risk. I used to do a maintenance on more than one cran and my company doesn't allow me to go without waring a Certified safety harness because they have to keep all the employees a way from all the risk and even if they didn't told me to ware it, I will not go up to the cran without it, do the fact that no one knows what will happen and even if I am good at this job, I have to work safely. I agree that this company should teach all
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*tell the employees about any potential hazards from the work they do, chemicals and other substances used by the business, and give employees information, instructions, training and supervision as needed (COSHH)
building design energy conservation measures, the process is mandated by law and is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations
Due to the high rate of illnesses, accidents and injuries in the industry, the organization further developed a hazard recognition program. This was greatly supported by the directives and the standards the organization drafted. The organization also set a safety and health program. This mainly depended on the credibility of management’s involvement in the program. This program provided for the inclusion of the employees in the program. The program also provided for the inclusion of the employees in the different decision making processes such as the safety and health decisions. The employees were also to be included in the decisions that involved change in the work site practices and conditions. The program addressed hazards despite failure by the government standard to regulate it (Brain Mass, 2010).
You currently work in Human Resources as the Benefits Manager and part of your responsibilities is Workers’ Compensation. Anytime an employee is injured at work, they are to contact you to report it. You then have to report it using the attached OSHA Forms; however, first you have to determine if it is a reportable incident/injury.
According to the Bureau of Labor, statistics indicate that more than 4.1 million people were hurt or injured on-the-job in 2006 and 5,488 were killed in 2007 (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, & Cardy, 2010, p. 511). Laws and regulatory requirements are currently in place to standardize and promote workplace safety. Organizations with extensive safety programs have reduced number of accidents, decreased workers’ compensation claims and lawsuits and lesser accident-related expenditures (Gomez-Mejia, et al, 2010, p. 511). This paper discusses the effects of legal, safety and regulatory requirements in
The employer also has to comply with all standards, rules, and regulations that are set forth by OSHA and the OSH Act. Employers are required to inspect the workplace to insure they are up to OSHA standards. Insure that employees are only using safe tools and equipment that are in their proper condition. It should be easy for the employees to be aware of potential hazards by the employer posting signs, using color codes, labels, or signs to convey warning. Employees must be trained in a language that they understand. Operating procedures must be in place and properly communicated to the employees to assure the employees follow safety and health standards. Employers that house or use hazardous chemicals will be required to have hazardous communication program and for that all the employees to be trained on exposure and precautions. Employers are to fund medical exams if required by OSHA standards. The OSHA poster must placed in a prominent location at the workplace. Records need to be kept of work-related injuries and illnesses. The log of these injuries and illnesses need to made available on February 1st for three months. Assure employees have access to medical and exposure records. Provide a workplace free of discrimination. OSHA citations must be posted at or near the work area where the infraction occurred. The citation must be in place for three working days or until the
Social Security Number of an Individual - The number one priority would be to keep the SSN confidential, this information does not need to be accessed by most individuals. Behind that integrity would be the next priority, to make sure this matches up with the individual at hand. Third of course would have to be availability, without this information, it could prove to be difficult to verify someones identity.
Worker’s Compensation programs first appeared a century ago in the U.S., introduced on a voluntary basis. At a time when few employers provided insurance or benefits for workers injured on the job it provided workers with insurance regardless of negligence at the cost of forfeiting one’s right to sue.
It is important it have a written work Health and Safety Policy for the organizations and businesses which have management systems. The Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 addresses Major Hazard Facilities in Regulation 558 and Schedule 17(1.2) and requires that the Safety Management System includes a Safety Policy, including the operator’s broad aims in relation to the safe operation of the major hazard facility, and that the safety policy must include and express commitment to ongoing improvement of all aspects of the safety management system. A Work Health and Safety Policy is an explicit statement of business commitment to work health and safety. It will include a statement outlining the importance which is placed on work health and safety and how it is to be implemented.
Our employees have the benefit of a safety first oriented work environment and will not experience retaliation when bringing any safety concerns
Workers’ compensation provides compensation benefits to employees for disabilities due to personal injury or disease sustained while in the performance of their duty. The purpose of Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation laws is to ensure proper payment of benefits of employee’s injuries on the job or who contract a work related illness and encouraged safety in the workplace. These benefits include payment of medical expenses and compensation for wages loss. Dependents are also entitles to payment of benefits of employees who die from work-related injuries or diseases. An employer that has five or more employees is required to have worker’s compensation insurance. Workers’ compensation is designed to protect workers