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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
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Urge Your Congressman to Delay Implementation
Please contact your member of Congress to urge them to delay implementation of the Blacklisting Executive Order. This President Obama executive order will require federal prime and subcontractors to report violations of 14 federal labor laws and "… Read More
March 30, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues its efforts to implement a national electronic manifest system, as required by the Hazardous Waste Electronic Establishment Act (Act). Throughout 2016-2017, EPA expects to make significant progress on developing the e-Manifest system, which… Read More
March 30, 2016
Today, March 30, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs v. Hawkes Co. Inc. This case has important implications for construction work that occurs in, or around, water or wetlands. The central question in the case is whether landowners and… Read More
March 30, 2016
Government Seeks To Pursue OSHA Violations Using Enhanced Environmental Penalties
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is in the early stages of implementing a new hard-hitting enforcement initiative for cracking down on violations of worker safety and environmental laws. AGC members are… Read More
March 29, 2016
AGC Opposed to New Rule Overall, but Attained Some Improvements Over Proposed Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule on “persuader” activities in the Federal Register on Wednesday. The rule, which was pending for nearly five years, expands reporting obligations of… Read More
March 29, 2016
On March 23, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued final regulations revising the “advice exemption” and requiring employers and consultants (broadly defined) to report labor relations advice and services under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act's (LMRDA) "persuader… Read More
March 29, 2016
AGC of America is proud to announce Skanska USA won the 2016 AGC/Alliant Build America environmental enhancement award for the West Riverfront Park Redevelopment project in Nashville, Tenn. In addition, several other winning projects included notable environmental attributes whether it was a… Read More
March 29, 2016
Forty-three states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between February 2015 and February 2016 while construction employment increased in 27 states between January and February, according to analysis of Labor Department data released today by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More
March 25, 2016
Two of the industry’s top labor leaders addressed contractors at AGC of America’s 2016 Annual Convention on March 10 in San Antonio, TX. AGC CEO Steve Sandherr engaged Terry O’Sullivan, general president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, and Eric Dean, general president… Read More
March 25, 2016
Citing a contractor's control over employees at a worksite and the payment of hourly wages, among other factors, a Connecticut judge ruled the contractor could not evade Occupational Safety and Health Administration fines by claiming the employees were independent contractors. The decision in a… Read More
March 22, 2016
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