To help members get a greater understanding of their obligations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or health care law, 老牛影视Merit Choice Insurance is offering a 鈥淗ealth Care Reform Overview for Contractors.鈥澨�

老牛影视submitted comments June 9 opposing an听interim final rule听on how wages for temporary, non-agricultural H-2B workers should be calculated. The 鈥渆mergency鈥� interim final rule, issued April 24 by the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Labor (DOL), was effective immediately.听

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)听issued a survey听requesting feedback from the construction industry about including a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) in a solicitation for a federal contract to build a new air traffic control tower exceeding $25 million in Tucson, Ariz.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) June 4 released a final rule that delays for one year implementation of a provision related to health insurance exchanges that would allow small businesses to let their employees choose coverage from a number of plans.

OSHA May 29 issued a听final rule听that that broadens the current exemption for digger derricks used in the electric-utility industry to听also include telecommunications work.

All 45 Senate Republicans, the ABC-led Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have filed friend-of-the-court briefs asking for the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold听a lower court ruling that President Obama鈥檚 recess appointments to the NLRB were unconstitutional.听

The听U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit May 16 ruled听that President Barack Obama鈥檚 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) between March 2010 and January 2012 were unconstitutional. The ruling, which supports a听Jan. 25 decision听by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit invalidating the January 2012 recess appointments of Democrats Sharon Block and Richard Griffin, also invalidates the March 2010 recess appointment of Craig Becker.听

The Department of Labor May 8 issued a听technical release听containing guidance on a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires employers to issue employees a notice of coverage options.

OSHA has released new materials to help employers comply with the newly revised Hazard Communication Requirements, including a听fact sheet听outlining the new training requirements,听Quickcards听on the new pictogram label requirements, and a听brief synopsis听on the labels and pictograms.听

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a survey requesting comments from the construction industry on the potential use of a PLA for the听Public Health Command Laboratory Replacement, Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.听