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2024 AGC & HCSS Highway Work Zone Safety Survey
May 23, 2024
  Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, putting motorists and workers at risk, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More

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ICE Steps Up Immigration Raids
Employers Should Prepare Now to Avoid Federal Enforcement Action Federal enforcement officials are amplifying their efforts to crack down on undocumented workers and the businesses that employ them.  While most of the latest raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been… Read More
February 20, 2018
Federal Government Releases New Policies That Will Affect Environmental Enforcement
In the first few weeks of 2018, the federal government released a series of memoranda officially announcing a host of significant changes in how it will enforce violations of environmental laws – ranging from restricting payouts to “settle” lawsuits outside of court, to deferring to states on… Read More
February 15, 2018
BLS Data Show Little Change in Union Representation or Weekly Earnings in Construction Industry
Union representation in the construction industry (covering all occupations) rose very slightly in 2017, from 14.6 percent to 14.7 percent, according to an annual report recently issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”).  Union membership in the industry similarly increased over the… Read More
February 8, 2018
Presentations Sought for AGC's 2018 Construction HR and Training Professionals Conference
AGC’s 2018 Construction HR & Training Professionals Conference and Federal Construction HR Workshop will be held October 10-12, 2018, in Fort Worth, TX.  The conference will offer unique opportunities for HR, training, and workforce development professionals in the construction industry.… Read More
February 8, 2018
2017 Collective Bargaining Yields Average First Year Increase of 2.7%
Construction-industry collective bargaining negotiations completed during 2017 resulted in an average first-year increase in wages and benefits of $1.34 per hour or 2.7 percent, according to the annual year-end Settlements Report issued by the AGC-supported Construction Labor Research Council.… Read More
February 8, 2018
AGC Meets with New OFCCP Director
On January 31, 2018, AGC attended an intimate stakeholder meeting and roundtable with Ondray T. Harris, the recently appointed Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) at the U.S Department of Labor. AGC took the opportunity to discuss the unique challenges… Read More
February 8, 2018
EEO-1 Survey Now Open for Qualifying Employers
On January 24, 2018, the EEOC announced it had completed its mailing of the 2017 EEO-1 survey Notification Letters and all employers that qualify must file EEO-1 Reports by March 31, 2018. You may remember that the EEOC recently revised the EEO-1 report, but following advice from AGC the Trump… Read More
February 8, 2018
Construction Employment Increases in 269 Metro Areas Between December 2016 & 2017 as Officials Call for New Infrastructure Funding
Construction employment increased in 269 out of 358 metro areas between December 2016 and December 2017, declined in 43 and stagnated in 46, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said new… Read More
February 6, 2018
GAO Weighs in on Environmental Streamlining
AGC has been involved in efforts to streamline the environmental review and permitting process since the late 1990s to allow transportation and other infrastructure projects to progress to construction quicker. While there have been many successes, the effort continues to today as AGC works with… Read More
February 5, 2018
Obama Admin. 2015 WOTUS Rule Delays
Status Quo Remains in Effect Implementation of the Obama administration’s 2015 “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule—which expands federal environmental permitting jurisdiction involving wetlands—has been delayed. On Jan. 31, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army… Read More
February 5, 2018

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