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March 19, 2021
NIA Announces the 2021 Premier Industry Manufacturers
March 19, 2021—The National Insulation Association (NIA) is proud to honor the winners of the 2021 Premier Industry Manufacturer Awards, which were announced in conjunction with NIA’s Virtual Spring Summit member event, March 16–18, 2021. The 2021 Premier Industry Manufacturers are: Armacell Johns Manville Owens Corning This award was first presented in 2019 to recognize
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March 19, 2021
NIA Announces the 2020 Safety Excellence Award Winners
March 19, 2021—The National Insulation Association (NIA) announced the 2020 Safety Excellence Award winners in conjunction with its Virtual Spring Summit, which took place online March 16–18, 2021. NIA’s Safety Excellence Award is the only national award for outstanding safety performance in the mechanical insulation industry. NIA created the award program more than a decade
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March 17, 2021
Take Action: National Emphasis Program (NEP) on COVID-19
An Update from NIA Legal Counsel Gary Auman of Auman, Mahan & Furry Just after my last release (available here), new information was available. It seems like news updates about OSHA’s actions concerning COVID-19 are coming at a rapid pace. To recap, on January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order directing OSHA to
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March 17, 2021
NEW: COVID-19 Mask Mandates
Management Bulletin from NIA Legal Counsel Gary Auman of Auman, Mahan & Furry For the past year, COVID-19 has been on the minds of everyone. Most recently, as some states begin to slowly reopen, employers are left with questions about the intersection of state law and federal OSHA. For example, on March 2, 2021, Governor
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March 9, 2021
Extreme Weather Emphasizes the Power of Insulation
Herndon, Virginia—March 9, 2021—The devastating effects of climate change were recently experienced in Texas, Louisiana, and the Midwest. The loss of power and water to thousands of homes, hospitals, schools, energy generating facilities, and water treatment plants resulted in the loss of life and, reportedly, financial losses are greater than from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
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January 6, 2021
NIA Member COVID-19 Latest Survey Results
COVID-19 Ongoing Survey Efforts to Measure Impact on Insulation Companies The associations representing the insulation industry have been are surveying contractors to gain insights on how COVID-19 is impacting our industry. We appreciate your participation in them. To compare these to the past survey results, visit our COVID-19 Resources web page. See the December 2020
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January 4, 2021
OSHA Reminds Specific Employers to Submit Required 2020 Injury and Illness Data by March 2, 2021
OSHA reminds employers that the agency will begin collecting calendar year 2020 Form 300A data on January 2, 2021. Employers must submit the form electronically by March 2, 2021. Electronic submissions are required by establishments with 250 or more employees currently required to keep OSHA injury and illness records, and establishments with 20-249 employees classified
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December 16, 2020
NIA’s membership data is never sold and is secure.
Recently, some members received a fraudulent phishing email from Lead Essential and we can assure you that NIA has not partnered with any organization to share attendee information. If you receive an email like this, the best course of action is to block the sender and delete the email from your inbox. In the October
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December 4, 2020
COVID-19 Quarantine Periods Changed By CDC
Effective December 2, 2020, the CDC provided an avenue for employees to reduce the “close contact” 14-day quarantine rule to either 7 or 10 days, depending on whether or not the individual gets tested for COVID-19. This potential shortening of the quarantine period is good news for employers. (The CDC now defines close contact as
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October 1, 2020
NIA Urges Immediate Action on Fraudulent Event Business Practices
NIA has urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to protect associations and their members from fraudulent event marketing. Joining more than 100 associations and organizations, NIA signed onto a letter requesting that the FTC and DOJ immediately address the proliferating fraudulent business practice of selling falsified association mailing