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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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Join us as we explore how women can help with the challenge of recruiting and retaining a healthy construction workforce.
Register today for this complimentary webinar as we explore the results of two recently released NCCER research efforts on women in the construction industry: “… Read More
May 24, 2023
Looking to tackle your biggest construction HR & workforce challenges? There's no better place than the Construction HR & Workforce Conference!
We're combining the best elements of a few AGC events to facilitate even better conversations between folks in construction HR & workforce… Read More
May 24, 2023
The construction industry workforce shortage is limiting contractors’ ability to staff projects. Contractors should be aware of the employment authorization and immigration work visas allowed under current law. However, navigating the legal process and requirements may seem daunting.
In… Read More
May 24, 2023
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated its COVID-19 technical assistance, What You Should Know ҵ COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws, in response to the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration, appearing to give… Read More
May 23, 2023
Construction employment increased in 42 states in April from a year earlier, while only 24 states added construction jobs from March to April, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America today. Association officials said… Read More
May 19, 2023
Sign up for AGC’s complimentary webinar to learn how your company can access workers through employment authorization and immigration work visas.
Early this year, the Biden administration expanded a new migration process (travel and temporary parole for up to two years in the United States,… Read More
May 19, 2023
On May 1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued its decision in Lion Elastomers and United Steelworkers, making it more difficult for employers to discipline employees for outbursts and similar misconduct while employees are engaged in protected concerted activity under… Read More
May 18, 2023
A coalition of environmental advocacy groups, including Beyond Plastics, Environmental Health Sciences, and the Plastic Pollution Coalition, released a report calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide guidance on a safe alternative to PVC for replacing lead water… Read More
May 16, 2023
On May 10, the White House released new permitting priorities to advance its climate change policy goals. The White House touched on a few reforms that AGC has previously supported, such as reducing the length of federal decision documents, reasonable decision time frames for projects,… Read More
May 16, 2023
An AGC-backed lawsuit has led the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota to issue a preliminary injunction of the Biden Administration’s 2023 “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule in 24 states (see below) on April 12. Adding to the two-state injunction the association… Read More
May 16, 2023
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