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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
  AGC & 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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EPA To Hold Sept. 16 Webinar on Modeling Tool for Beneficial Use of Industrial Materials in Roadways and Structural Fill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new rule on the disposal of coal combustion residuals in Dec. 2014 and also identified necessary criteria for appropriate beneficial use of those materials.  An important criteria for “unencapsulated” uses, such as fill, is to evaluate… Read More
August 25, 2015
AGC Letter Prompts IRS to Clarify ACA Reporting Requirements for Multiemployer Plans
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on August 6 issued an updated Form 1095-C and instructions following a June 9 letter from AGC of America and the Food Marketing Institute urging the agency to make the revisions.  Form 1095-C is one of the forms used by employers to report information… Read More
August 24, 2015
Construction Employment is Up in 37 States and D.C. Between July '14 and '15; as 28 States and D.C. Add Jobs Amid Conflicting Economic Trends
Construction employment expanded in 37 states and the District of Columbia between July 2014 and July 2015 while only 28 states and D.C. added jobs between June and July, according to an analysis today of Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials… Read More
August 21, 2015
NLRB “Quickie Election” Rule Survives Second Legal Challenge
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has successfully defended recent changes to union-representation case procedures for the second time in federal district court.  In the latest case, Chamber of Commerce v. NLRB, the AGC-supported U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Coalition for… Read More
August 18, 2015
New Infographic Helps Veterans Determine Their Status under VEVRAA
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently released an infographic to help veterans determine whether or not they are protected under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA).  Recent changes to VEVRAA… Read More
August 14, 2015
New Checklist Available to Help Contractors Assess Compliance with OFCCP’s Disability Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently made available on its website a Checklist for Compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a law requiring that federal contractors take affirmative action and do not discriminate… Read More
August 14, 2015
Early Bird Registration Opens for Winter FIC Meeting
AGC has opened early-bird registration for the Winter 2016 AGC Financial Issues Committee Meeting, which will be held Jan. 13-14, 2016 at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, AZ. Meeting agenda and activities will be available on the meeting website in the coming weeks. The Financial Issues Committee works… Read More
August 14, 2015
AGC Opposes NAVFAC-Mandated PLA
Recently, AGC sent a letter opposing the possible use of a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate posted by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington (NAVFAC). The letter addresses the possible use of mandatory PLA involving the construction of temporary medical facilities at NSA Bethesda… Read More
August 14, 2015
Trump Is Here to Stay….For Now, Says Prognosticator
The topic de jour of the national media, political scientists, and pundits is Donald Trump.  The bombastic businessman’s rise in the polls has defied political logic and left many Washington insiders puzzled.  Conventional wisdom would dictate that the campaign was doomed following Trump’… Read More
August 14, 2015
DOL Issues Administrator's Interpretation Concluding Most Workers are Employees Under the FLSA
On Wednesday, July 15, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an interpretative guidance memo aimed at addressing the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. The DOL's position is that most workers qualify as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and its broad… Read More
August 14, 2015

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