ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓis pleased that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has re-evaluated its frequently asked questions related to COVID-19 vaccinations, announcing it will not enforce the requirement for employers to record worker side effects from COVID-19 vaccination through May 2022.Ìý

Applications are now being accepted for ABC's Accredited Quality Contractor credential, the only ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓprogram that recognizes companies based on quality, safety, education talent management and diversity and community relations.

In a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓexpressed concerns about Treasury’s guidance onÌý$350 billion worth of federal funding for state and local fiscal recoveryÌýallocated in theÌýAmerican Rescue Plan and the encouragement of project labor agreements on federally assisted water, sewer and broadband proje

The Biden administration and U.S. Department of Treasury have takenÌýanother unfortunate stepÌýpromoting controversial, anti-competitive and costlyÌýgovernment-mandated project labor agreements, local hire and Davis-Bacon/prevailing wage policies on federally assisted taxpayer-funded construction projects.

On May 14, theÌýCoalition for Workforce Innovation, ABC,ÌýÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓSoutheast Texas Chapter and the Financial Services Institute filed an amended complaintÌýchallenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s unlawful withdrawal of the independent contractor rule. The Department’s hasty and unjustified action violates the Administrative Procedure Act, compounding a violation that began when the department improperly delayed the effective date of the rule in March.

On May 10, ABC, as a steering committee member of the Construction Industry Safety Coalition, wrote to U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration urging it to review and revise its recently issued Frequently Asked Questions on whether employers must record adverse reactions caused b

Because coronavirus vaccine distribution is accelerating, the expectation is that worldwide demand for steel, aluminum, oil and other productive inputs will surge later in 2021. The result could be substantial upward pressure on construction input prices.Ìý

On May 4, ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓsent a letter to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) raising concerns about provisions in the Clean Energy for America Act that would expand new government-registered apprenticeship program requirements and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage regulations onto the construction of projects receiving clean energy tax incentives. ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓis troubled by provisions in the legislation that will needlessly increase construction costs and reduce competition from qualified companies and

On May 5, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the withdrawal—effective May 6—of the Trump-era independent contractor final rule. While expected, this action is extremely disappointing.ÌýÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓstrongly supported the Trump DOL final rule, which would have clarified the department’s interpretation of independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act and promoted certainty for employers, independent contractors and employees.

On May 5, ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓand a coalition of 16 industry and employer groups sent a letter to President Joe Biden raising concerns about the administration’s direct expansion and support of legislative policies encouraging or requiring controversial government-mandated project labor agreements on federal and federally assisted construction projects.