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Spotlight Your Achievements! AGC Launches Awards Season with the Opening of Build America, AGC in the Community, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion Awards
July 15, 2024
Apply by Thursday, October 31, 2024!  AGC of America is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 AGC Awards competitions! The Baldwin Group Build America Awards (including the Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence category) and AGC in the Community competitions recognize the nation's most… Read More

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Newly Released Construction Multiemployer Pension Plan Inventory Supports AGC Lobbying Efforts
Volatile financial markets and changing worker demographics have lead to funding shortfalls in construction-industry multiemployer pension plans that cannot easily be corrected by only increasing contribution rates, explains a report recently released by the Mechanical Contractors Association of… Read More
September 12, 2012
Register for AGC’s HR and TED Conferences and Federal Construction HR Workshop – Hotel Discount Ends September 14
There is still time to register for AGC’s 2012 HR Professionals Conference, Training, Education & Development (TED) Conference, and Federal Construction HR Workshop, but the hotel discount ends Friday, Sept. 14, so act fast.  Room rates are just $119 per night. Both conferences will take… Read More
September 12, 2012
OFCCP Clarifies Internet Applicant and Record-Keeping Rules
Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) added twelve new questions to its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Internet Applicant Recordkeeping Rule. The new information is intended to clarify the OFCCP recordkeeping requirements of… Read More
September 12, 2012
The Big Build at the National Building Museum
AGC will be sponsoring the Big Build at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 22, 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  The event is designed for children ages 5-13 and includes fun construction-related activities, including dry wall finishing, woodworking and nail driving, as well as the… Read More
September 11, 2012
Fourteenth Annual Construction Safety Excellence Awards Program
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) would like to announce the Fourteenth Annual Construction Safety Excellence Awards (CSEA) program. CSEA is the industry’s elite safety excellence awards program. AGC’s CSEA program recognizes companies that have developed and implemented premier… Read More
September 11, 2012
Asking Employees Not to Discuss Internal Investigations May Violate Workers’ Rights, NLRB Rules
The National Labor Relations Board has held that a company policy - asking employees who lodge an internal complaint not to discuss the matter with co-workers while the matter is investigated - violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The case arose after James Nvarro, a sterile… Read More
September 11, 2012
Union Contractors Committee Begins Quarterly Conference Calls
AGC of America’s Union Contractors Committee (UCC) has begun holding quarterly conference calls.  The first call took place on July 10.  Approximately 50 AGC members and chapter staff registered.  The call included remarks by Chairman Bill Wilson, an update on labor relations matters by committee… Read More
September 11, 2012
GSA Announces New Public Building Service Commissioner
On Sept. 4, General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Dan Tangherlini announced the selection of Dorothy Robyn, deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment, to head the Public Building Service (PBS).  PBS is charged with negotiating leasing and development deals for… Read More
September 7, 2012
AGC Comments on EPA's Proposal to Tighten Fine Particulate Matter Standards
Association Also Weighs in on the Treatment of Air Data Influenced by Exceptional Events AGC recently submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on proposed revisions to its National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5).  AGC also… Read More
September 7, 2012
Administration Releases Important Health Care Law Guidance
Late last week, the Obama Administration released two pieces of guidance that are important to employers. The Treasury Department released IRS Notice 2012-58, describing safe harbor methods that employers may use to determine which employees are treated as full-time employees for the purpose of the… Read More
September 7, 2012

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