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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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House Passes Highway Funding Patch – Action Shifts to Senate
Yesterday, the House, by a vote of 367 to 55, approved H.R. 5021, a $10.8 billion Highway Trust Fund patch which provides sufficient revenue to maintain current funding levels through May 2015. The bill also extends MAP-21 authorization for the highway and transit programs for those eight months.… Read More
July 16, 2014
EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination
On July 14, 2014, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued new guidance on how the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) apply to pregnant workers. The EEOC’s new “Enforcement Guidance: Pregnancy Discrimination and Related… Read More
July 16, 2014
McCarthy Building Companies to Share Effective Change Management Strategies at AGC HR & Training Conference
Many HR and training professionals have had an initiative, rollout or project that did not achieve its expected amount of traction, even after spending countless hours and dollars on training and implementation.  As a result, HR and training professionals must learn to take a strategic approach to… Read More
July 15, 2014
2014 Collective Bargaining Yields Average First-Year Increase of 2.2 Percent Thus Far
The AGC-supported Construction Labor Research Council has released its latest report on collective bargaining settlements in the industry.  Settlements reported to CLRC between January and June 2014 resulted in an average first-year wage-and-benefit increase of 2.2 percent or $1.10.  For newly… Read More
July 15, 2014
AGC Tells NLRB to Keep 'Joint Employer' Standard As-Is
AGC, its coalition Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, and other employer organizations, submitted a group amicus brief in a case before the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) addressing the standard for determining when two companies constitute “joint employers” under the… Read More
July 15, 2014
Miss. Senate Race: Chris McDaniel Should Concede
Media coverage is increasing of what may be an impending legal challenge to the Mississippi U.S. Senate Republican run-off election result from defeated candidate Chris McDaniel. Now certified as a 7,667 vote loser to Sen. Thad Cochran, McDaniel has a daunting task before him if he is to achieve… Read More
July 11, 2014
Registration for the AGC Highway & Utilities Contractors Conference is Open!
meetings.agc.org/highwayutilities Get up to date information on a variety of Issues that will impact the highway, transportation and utility construction markets over the next year. The 2014 AGC Highway and Utilities Contractors Conference will be held Nov. 13-15, 2014, at the Omni LaCosta in San… Read More
July 11, 2014
Register for the AGC/CFMA Construction Financial Management Conference
Register Now and Save at meetings.agc.org/agc_cfma Jointly sponsored by AGC and the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), the 18th Annual AGC/CFMA Construction Financial Management Conference will be held Nov. 5-7, 2014 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nev. This three-day conference… Read More
July 11, 2014
House Scheduled to Vote on Bonus Depreciation Legislation
On Friday, the House of Representatives is expected to approve another bill that permanently extends an expired tax provision. H.R. 4718 would expand and make permanent 50 percent bonus depreciation for qualified property placed in service after Dec. 31, 2013. While bonus depreciation is not… Read More
July 11, 2014
Congress Approves AGC-Supported Legislation Reforming Workforce Development System
Yesterday, the U.S. House overwhelming passed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act by a vote of 415-6. The vote came on the heels of the Senate’s 95-3 vote two weeks ago. The strong number of votes in both the House and Senate were a rare display of bipartisanship. The legislation is now… Read More
July 10, 2014

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