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New Survey Shows How Nation鈥檚 Failure to Invest in Construction Education & Training Programs Makes it Hard for Firms to Build
August 26, 2024
  乌鸦传媒 & 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鈥檚 failure to invest in construction鈥 Read More

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DOL Issues Guidance on Breaks for Nursing Mothers Under the FLSA
Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division posted a new fact sheet that provides guidance to employers on the break time requirement for nursing mothers to express milk in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 聽The Act became effective on March 23, 2010, and鈥 Read More
August 12, 2010
乌鸦传媒 Member Discount 鈥 25th Annual Construction SuperConference
December 15-17, 2010 | The Palace Hotel | San Francisco, Calif. The 25th Annual Construction SuperConference will bring to the forefront new insights into the legal, business and economic challenges and opportunities in today's construction industry.聽 The agenda features panel discussions鈥 Read More
August 12, 2010
Action Requested: Support Repeal of New Form 1099 Reporting Requirement
A provision in the massive healthcare bill enacted in March requires businesses to send Form 1099s for all business-to-business transactions equaling $600 or more in a year.聽 The provision was passed to help identify businesses that are not reporting or underreporting income to avoid paying their鈥 Read More
August 12, 2010
乌鸦传媒 Members Explain Need for Long-Term Funding to Transportation Secretary
Nearly a dozen 乌鸦传媒 member companies, including host George J. Igel & Company, participated in an event arranged by the Ohio Contractors Association with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Representative Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio) in Columbus. During the event, contractors and their employees鈥 Read More
August 12, 2010
The Race to November Continues
The November elections are quickly approaching, with 34 primary elections completed and 16 to go. Colorado and Connecticut were front and center this week as they hosted primaries on Tuesday. Neither state brought many surprises, but Republican nominee Cory Gardner ran unopposed in the primary for鈥 Read More
August 12, 2010
Registration Open for Training & Development Conference and HR Professionals Conference
October 18-20, 2010 鈥 Scottsdale, Arizona Registration is now open for 乌鸦传媒鈥檚 2010 Training & Development (T&D) Conference and HR Professionals Conference.聽聽 For 2010, the conferences will be co-located in Scottsdale, Arizona, with the T&D Conference beginning on the morning of October鈥 Read More
August 11, 2010
Training on Trial: Will the Verdict Be in Your Favor?
By Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick There is no question that training is 鈥渙n trial,鈥 being charged with incurring costs that exceed the value it brings to the business.聽 Business leaders are carefully examining training costs and questioning the expenditures.聽 Unfortunately there is quite a bit of鈥 Read More
August 11, 2010
Newly Revised Distance Learning Programs
乌鸦传媒 is proud to announce the release of the Newly Revised 2010 Version of the OSHA 10-Hour and 30-Hour Outreach Training Programs powered by 360Training.com. New features and updates include: 鈥 New LCMS course player, 鈥 Completely revised content to include the newly mandated two hour introduction鈥 Read More
August 11, 2010
New Edition of Building to LEED庐 for New Construction to be Released
The new content launches August 18, 2010, and 乌鸦传媒 has scheduled two webinars to help you learn more about this exciting program!聽 That鈥檚 right, the release of 乌鸦传媒鈥檚 second edition of the Building to LEED庐 for New Construction curriculum is just around the corner, and we have TWO great webinar鈥 Read More
August 11, 2010
Maximize the Business Results of Your Training Initiatives
This intensive, interactive course is based on the Kirkpatrick Four Level methodology for training evaluation: Reaction, Learning, Behavior and Results. Participants will thoroughly explore the Kirkpatrick Four Levels and methodology, delve into the reasons why evaluation is critical to training鈥 Read More
August 11, 2010

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