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New Survey Shows How Nation鈥檚 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鈥檚 failure to invest in construction鈥 Read More

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NLRB's Final Rule on Union Election Policies Leaves Loose Ends on Construction-Industry Conversion Doctrine
The National Labor Relations Board (鈥淣LRB鈥 or 鈥淏oard鈥) has issued a final rule amending union representation-case procedures.  The rule was published in the Federal Register on April 1, 2020.  The effective date was originally set for June 1, 2020, but has been postponed to July 31, 2020鈥 Read More
April 23, 2020
US DOL Adds to Emergency Paid Leave Q&A's and Begins Enforcement
Temporary Non-Enforcement Period Ended April 17 The U.S. Department of Labor鈥檚 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently added a number of new 鈥淨uestions and Answers鈥 to provide information to employers about meeting their requirements to offer emergency paid sick leave and paid family medical leave鈥 Read More
April 22, 2020
OFCCP Issues New Directives to Improve Compliance Assistance
OFCCP recently announced three new directives to help maximize the effectiveness of compliance assistance resources, increase accountability, and resolve federal contractor compliance evaluations more efficiently. The new directives include: Improved Compliance Evaluations 鈥 Outlines new鈥 Read More
April 22, 2020
Commit to a Culture of CARE in your Company
www.BuildCulture.org Culture of CARE is challenging leaders to take a bold and visible step towards ensuring their workplaces are welcoming, safe and inclusive for an increasingly diverse and talented pool of workers by taking the Culture of CARE pledge.鈥 Read More
April 22, 2020
Construction Employment Declines In 20 States And D.C. In March, In Line With Industry Survey Showing Growing Job Losses For The Sector
New Monthly Job Loss Data Foreshadows More Layoffs Amid Project Cancellations and State Cutbacks in Road Projects as Association Calls for More Small Business Relief and Immediate Aid for Highway Funding Construction employment declined in 20 states and D.C. in March, aligning with the results of鈥 Read More
April 17, 2020
Forty Percent Of Construction Firms Report Layoffs Amid Widespread Project Cancellations As Economic Impact Of Coronavirus Grows
Survey of Construction Firms by the Associated General Contractors of America Finds More Than Half of Firms Have Had Projects Halted as 74 Percent Seek New Paycheck Protection Loans to Retain Staff With the covid-19 pandemic worsening by the week, an ever-increasing share of contractors are鈥 Read More
April 10, 2020
Hundreds Of Construction Firms Across The Country Hold Coronavirus Safety Stand Downs To Protect Workers And The Public
Associated General Contractors of America Organized the Nationwide Safety Stand Down to Make Sure Firms and Workers Know, and Follow, All Coronavirus-Related Safety Procedures and Practices Hundreds of construction firms across the country are stopping work today to hold what are called safety鈥 Read More
April 10, 2020
Construction Layoffs Spread Rapidly As Coronavirus Shuts Down Projects In Contrast To Job Gains Through February In Most Metros
Association Officials Urge Quick Enactment of Infrastructure Investment, Relief for Hard-Hit Firms and Pensions in Order to Save Jobs in Construction and Supplier Industries More than a quarter of construction firms responding to an online survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of鈥 Read More
April 8, 2020
AGC Secures New Administration Guidance that Now Allow Firms with 500 or Fewer Employees to Qualify for Paycheck Protection Program Loans
On April 2, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued an 鈥渋nterim final rule鈥 to the effect that business must have 500 or fewer employees and fall below the SBA鈥檚 small business size standards in order to qualify for the Paycheck Protection Program. Congress, however, declared that the鈥 Read More
April 7, 2020
New Small Business Administration Loan Guidance Appears To Exclude Many Construction Firms That Employ Fewer Than 500 People
Construction Officials Urge Agency to Make Clear that Firms that Employ 500 or Fewer People to Qualify for Paycheck Protection Program Loans, Regardless of Revenue The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, called on the Small Business鈥 Read More
April 6, 2020

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