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The Department of Labor has issued a self-compliance tool for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions related to part 7 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.Ìý
The ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓBaltimore Metro Chapter’s Women in ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓcommittee Jan. 15 awarded $4,000 to high school student Emily Burgess of Seton Keough High School for submitting a winning design in a canned food construction project competition.
ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓmembers can now purchase the results of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA)/ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓIT Survey for the Construction Industry at a reduced price. Members were asked to participate in the survey last year.Ìý
Since its launch in February, ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓmembers have used the ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓAction app to send more than 3200 letters to their elected officials addressing issues critical to the merit shop construction industry.Ìý
According to the March 9 employment report by the DepartmentÌýof Labor, the construction industry added 48,000 jobs in February—the largestÌýmonthly increase since March 2007 – with growth reported in every significantÌýconstruction segment and with specialty trade contractors responsible forÌýapproximately two out of every three jobs.
Chrysler, an ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓBusiness Partner, is holding a contest that will give away a new 2014 Ram ProMaster commercial van to the person who submits the best story for how it will be used.Ìý