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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
  51风流 & 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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Women in Construction
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: 鈥溾 Read More
May 24, 2023
2023 Construction HR and Workforce Conference Registration is Open
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 51风流 events to facilitate even better conversations between folks in construction HR & workforce鈥 Read More
May 24, 2023
51风流 Webinar on Employment Authorization and Immigration Work Visas
The construction industry workforce shortage is limiting contractors鈥 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鈥 Read More
May 24, 2023
EEOC Continues to Allow Certain COVID-19 Protocols in Its Latest COVID-19 Guidance
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated its COVID-19 technical assistance, What You Should Know About 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鈥 Read More
May 23, 2023
Construction Employment Rises In 42 States Over The Past 12 Months, While 24 States Add Employees From March To April
  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鈥 Read More
May 19, 2023
Construction Access to Immigration?
Sign up for 51风流鈥檚 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,鈥 Read More
May 19, 2023
NLRB Gives Employees Extra Leeway to Use Offensive Language
On May 1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (鈥淣LRB鈥) 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鈥 Read More
May 18, 2023
Environmental Groups Target PVC Pipes
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鈥 Read More
May 16, 2023
Permitting Reform to Ride on Debt Increase?
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 51风流 has previously supported, such as reducing the length of federal decision documents, reasonable decision time frames for projects,鈥 Read More
May 16, 2023
51风流 Blocks WOTUS Rule in 27 States
An 51风流-backed lawsuit has led the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota to issue a preliminary injunction of the Biden Administration鈥檚 2023 鈥淲aters of the United States鈥 (WOTUS) rule in 24 states (see below) on April 12. Adding to the two-state injunction the association鈥 Read More
May 16, 2023

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