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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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AGC Opposes Proposed Survey of Workers on Independent Contractor Issues
On March 12, 2013, AGC submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) concerning its proposal to collect information from workers about their employment experiences and knowledge of laws regarding the misclassification of independent contractors as employees. The… Read More
May 22, 2013
NLRB's Advice Memo Provides Some Clarity on Acceptable Confidentiality Provisions
On July 30, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in Banner Health System d/b/a Banner Estrella Medical Center, 358 N.L.R.B. No. 93 (2012), holding that an employer may not maintain a blanket rule prohibiting employees from discussing ongoing investigations of employee… Read More
May 22, 2013
Interested in Becoming an AGC Instructor?
Through the month of May, AGC is offering a 30% discount on AGC nationally developed curriculum Instructor's Guides! AGC brings programs to you for early-career superintendents and project managers, and those looking to get involved with green construction, Building Information Modeling, and now… Read More
May 21, 2013
WRDA Passes Senate; Action Moves to House
AGC Advocacy Efforts Help Bring Large Bipartisan Victory On May 15, the Senate overwhelmingly passed its version of the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA) by an 83-14 vote. Although the Senate passed the bill by a large, bipartisan margin, 14 senators voted against the bill. Those… Read More
May 19, 2013
House Committee Approves Construction of Keystone XL Pipeline
Today, the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure passed legislation on a bipartisan basis to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The legislation, The Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3) was passed by a vote 33-24 with Democrats Cheri Bustos (Ill.)… Read More
May 19, 2013
Immigration Reform Moves to Senate Committee
The Senate Judiciary Committee continued consideration of S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. This week, the committee discussed sections dealing with temporary worker visas.  The committee will meet tomorrow and again next week with the goal of… Read More
May 19, 2013
OSHA Continues Consideration of Safety Checklist for Federal Procurements
AGC Seeking Further Member Input The Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) recently released a revised version of a proposed health and safety checklist. ACCSH is seeking to mandate that federal contractors submit this… Read More
May 18, 2013
Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Pass-Throughs
On May 15, the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures (SRM) held a hearing on the small business and pass-through entity tax reform Discussion Draft, which was released on March 12 by Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.). The Committee released the Discussion Draft to solicit feedback on… Read More
May 18, 2013
IRS Acting Head Forced to Resign Amid “Inexcusable” Scandal
On May 15, President Obama directed Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to request the resignation of Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven T. Miller, as part of a response to quell an unraveling scandal over the Agency’s admission of selectively screening conservative nonprofit groups… Read More
May 18, 2013
FASB Publishes Revised Exposure Draft on Leases
On May 16, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) released their revised Exposure Draft on leases. The revised Exposure Draft on leases is a joint effort of the FASB and the IASB and proposes that most leases of lessees would be… Read More
May 18, 2013

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