Membership benefits
When you join NRLRC, you will receive these member benefits:
- Free access to expert legal help valued at more than $800. Receive answers from
NRLRC's counsel to help address some of your toughest legal, business and employment.
Submit your questions via NRLRC's Legal Help Line located online at www.nrlrc.net
or by calling NRLRC at (847) 299-9092.
- Access to the Members Only section of NRLRC's website, www.nrlrc.net, which includes
the NRLRC Legal Database. This comprehensive database contains more than 300 legal
articles, cases, special reports, past seminar handouts and access to significant
roofing-related court decisions to help you save time and attorney fees. You also
can find state business licensing information and statutes of limitations, as well
as informative health and safety, technical and business-related articles.
- Key contract provisions. Effective contracts focus on key elements such as payment
terms, various obligations of parties, liability issues, remedies and termination
rights. Only NRLRC members receive three NRLRC Contract Provision booklets (a $1,100
value) containing 46 valuable contract provisions and one free new contract provision
each month.
- Monthly legal guides. Each edition of Sidebar addresses situations such as what
to do if you want to work in another state; what to look for and what to look out
for in an indemnification provision you are asked to sign; and what to do if you
make a bid mistake. You will receive one free legal guide—valued at $50—per
month.
- A subscription to NRLRC's monthly 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.
- A complimentary ticket to NRLRC's annual breakfast program. Held each year during
the International Roofing Expo,® this program—valued at $125—gives you an overview
of the most prevalent legal and technical issues affecting roofing contractors.
You also will receive complimentary copies of the following NRLRC-produced publications:
- OSHA Citation Defense Manual, a comprehensive resource valued at $595, will familiarize
you with OSHA procedures, practices and terms and better prepare you to handle OSHA
inspections and respond to citations.
- A Roofing Contractor's Guide to Construction Contracts, valued at $125, 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.
- Comprehensive Guide to Wage and Hour Regulations Affecting Roofing Contractors,
valued at $125, addresses regulations governing minimum wage and overtime pay requirements,
including a discussion about how to calculate the "regular rate" of pay.
- A Roofing Contractor's Guide to Obtaining Payment, valued at $125, addresses all
the approaches to collecting money; terms in invoices, liens and claims on payment
bonds; stopping work; not providing warranty services; and more.
- A Roofing Contractor's Guide to Fume Claims, valued at $125, 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, valued at $125, 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, valued at $125, will educate you about employee
misclassification with a focus on legal issues and provide recommendations to mitigate
your risk and corresponding liability that may arise if your independent contractors
are classified as employees by state or federal regulators.
Join NRLRC today and begin realizing the return on your investment immediately.
To join online,
click here, or call Alison LaValley or Anne Schroeder at (847) 299-9092;
fax (847) 299-1183; or e-mail
nrlrc@nrlrc.net for an application.
