Take Advantage of Your NRCA Membership!

The NRCA Legal Resource Center acts as a legal advocate for roofing contractors throughout the U.S. Issues such as contract language, employee relations, regulatory compliance, payment provisions, insurance coverage, and codes
and standards can threaten a contractor's profitability and even its existence.
NRCA provides its members with assistance in addressing issues such as these, ultimately saving them time and legal fees.

As an NRCA roofing contractor member, you can take advantage of the legal assistance available through NRCA Legal experts, who are on your side to
help address some of your toughest legal, business and employment
issues, including:

• Contract language
• Employee relations
• Regulatory compliance
• Payment provisions
• Insurance and safety coverage
• Codes and standards

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Premier Legal Conference: Oct. 27 - 29

Register now for NRCA’s premier legal conference, which will provide you with tools and knowledge to enhance your business operations, manage risk and help propel your company to new levels of success.

You will learn from presenters who have decades of industry expertise, connect with fellow roofing professionals and earn continuing education credits. Decks to Dockets is a crucial educational experience for NRCA member and nonmember owners, CEOs, COOs, human resources professionals, safety directors, training directors, on-staff legal counsel, office managers and project managers.

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Access Legal Resources

Legal Helpline

The Legal Helpline is designed to help members obtain information about general legal issues encountered in their day-to-day business and provide members with as much information as possible.

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Legal Briefs

Browse legal briefs that address the issues, decisions and analysis of construction industry-related legal rules, cases and updates.

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Legal Education

NRCA provides several opportunities for you to learn the latest developments in contract and employment law.

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Legal Employer Immigration Resources

NRCA has curated the following resources to help you address issues related to employee immigration status.

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Additional Benefits

• Access to the NRCA Members Only section of NRCA Legal which includes the Legal Database. This comprehensive database contains more than 400 legal articles, cases, special reports, past seminar handouts and access to significant roofing-related court decisions to help you save time and attorney fees.
   
• Free access to expert legal help. Receive answers from NRCA Legal general counsel, Trent Cotney, to help address some of your toughest legal, business, and employment issues and problems. Submit your questions via the NRCA Legal Help Line by calling (847) 299-9092.
   
• Key contract provisions. Effective contracts focus on the key elements—such as the payment terms; the various obligations of the parties, representation and warranties; conditions to closing the deal; liability issues; remedies; and termination rights. As a member, you can download six volumes of NRCA Legal Contract Provisions – access to 120 valuable provisions – that can be inserted directly
  into your contracts.
   
• A subscription to NRCA Legal e-newsletter, The Legal Center. This informative resource keeps you and your business up-to-date with the most recent legal issues and trends affecting roofing contractors.

Free NRCA Legal Publications

You also can download electronic copies of the following NRCA Legal produced publications for free:

• A Roofing Contractor’s Guide to Obtaining Payment addresses all the approaches to collecting money; terms in invoices, liens and claims on payment bonds; stopping work; not providing warranty services;
  and more.
   
• OSHA Citation Defense Manual is a comprehensive resource to familiarize you with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) procedures, practices and terms and be better prepared to handle OSHA inspections and respond to citations.
   
• A Roofing Contractor’s Guide to Fume Claims addresses alleged health effects from fumes or vapors emitted from roofing products; potential legal liability associated with the installation of materials that emit fumes;
  and strategies to reduce potential liability for fume-related bodily injury claims.
   
• A Roofing Contractor's Guide to Bidding addresses all the issues related to bidding, including bid protests, bid bonds, bid responsiveness, bid mistakes, promissory estoppels and state court remedies and more.
   
• Ensuring Your Independent Contractors are Not Classified by the Government as Employees, A Guide for Roofing Contractors will educate you about employee misclassification with a focus on the legal issues and provide recommendations to mitigate your risk and corresponding liability that may arise if your independent contractors are found to be employees by state or federal regulators.
   
• A Roofing Contractor’s Guide to Construction Contracts addresses how to identify and understand the critical clauses in a contract before signing, giving you more effective ways to manage risk and reduce claims.
   
• A Comprehensive Guide to Wage and Hour Regulations Affecting Roofing Contractors addresses regulations governing minimum wage and overtime pay requirements, including a discussion about how to calculate the "regular rate" of pay.

If you have any questions, please call Alison LaValley or Anne Schroeder on the NRCA staff at (847) 299-9092.

Latest Podcasts

Alison LaValley, Trent Cotney, Rod Petrick, George Patterson & Anne Schroeder - Best for Business - NRCA’s Premier Legal Conference

S4:E56 Every roofing company needs to be at the forefront of legal trends and requirements. In this Roofing Road Trip, Heidi J. Ellsworth visits with the NRCA Legal team of Trent Cotney the NRCA General Council, George Patterson, the Legal Resource Center Chairperson, Rod Petrick former NRCA Chairman and NRCA ...
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