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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
August 26, 2024
  ѻý & Arcoro Workforce Survey 94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More

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ѻý Coronavirus Survey Results - 8th Edition
Association Survey and Data Collected by Procore Measure Impacts of the Pandemic, Showing Signs of a Construction Recovery, but Labor Shortages and Project Cancellations Show Industry Needs Federal Help A new survey by the Associated General Contractors of America and data from construction… Read More
June 18, 2020
EEOC Says Employers Can't Require COVID-19 Antibody Tests
Viral Tests for Active Cases Still Allowed The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) posted an updated and expanded technical assistance publication addressing questions arising under the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new question… Read More
June 18, 2020
New Analysis Finds Composite Plans Would Have Fared Better During the Coronavirus than Traditional Multi-Employer Retirement Plans
ѻý and other contractor associations seeking multiemployer pension reform jointly released a new study on June 1 finding that composite retirement plans would have fared better during the coronavirus pandemic and related market declines than traditional defined-benefit multi-employer… Read More
June 17, 2020
Construction Staff Wages Reported to Rise by 3.55% for 2020
According to the latest Contractor Compensation Quarterly (CCQ) published by PAS, Inc., contractors are projecting 2020 construction staff wages to increase an average of 3.55% (excludes 0% projections), reported by over 300 companies in the 38th edition of the Construction / Construction… Read More
June 17, 2020
Supreme Court Holds LGBTQ Employees are Protected Under Title VII
Employers May Need to Take Action Courts have struggled to uniformly decide whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which makes it unlawful for employers to discriminate because of a person’s “sex,” protects employees from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or transgender… Read More
June 17, 2020
Employers and Unions Join Together Calling for Pension Reforms
This week ѻý joined with construction employers and building trades union in support of multiemployer pension reform. The letter to congressional leaders urges Congress to include common sense pension reform for the nation’s troubled pension plans and to authorize a Composite Plan option for… Read More
June 11, 2020
EEOC Updates COVID-19 Technical Assistance Publication
Contains Q&A Section of Common Workplace Questions The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has again updated and expanded its technical assistance publication addressing questions arising under the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The… Read More
June 11, 2020
EEOC Updates COVID-19 Technical Assistance Publication
Contains Q&A Section of Common Workplace Questions The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has again updated and expanded its technical assistance publication addressing questions arising under the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The… Read More
June 11, 2020
Registration is Open for Virtual In-House Environmental Managers Meeting
Space is limited; Reserve your spot today ѻý is holding a virtual meeting for in-house environmental managers (IHEM) on July 13, 2020 in conjunction with the Construction Safety, Health and Environmental Virtual Conference (July 14-16, 2020).  The IHEM meeting offers valuable peer-to-peer… Read More
June 10, 2020
Administration Issues Executive Orders on Regulatory Relief and Environmental Streamlining
The Trump Administration recently issued two executive orders (EO) that focus on supporting economic recovery during the pandemic and recovery that could bring opportunity for environmental regulatory relief as well as risk.  The first, Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic… Read More
June 10, 2020

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