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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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Trey Pebley (center), Vice President of McAllen Construction, Inc., of McAllen, Texas, testified Wednesday before the House Small Business Committee on the impact of federal regulation over water and wetlands on small businesses and family farmers.
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July 24, 2009
51·çÁ÷ is recognized as the Association of choice for over 13,000 specialty contractor firms. The 51·çÁ÷ of America Specialty Contractors Council (SCC) requests input from 51·çÁ÷'s specialty contractor members on an important survey, available here, regarding how the Council can best serve and engage… Read More
July 24, 2009
August 13, 2009, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
Construction HR professionals have been burdened with the responsibility of properly handling reductions-in-force (RIFs), lay-offs and furloughs - sometimes at a moment's notice. These situations can be difficult to handle legally, practically and emotionally… Read More
July 24, 2009
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), responsible for ensuring that contractors doing business with the federal government do not discriminate and take affirmative action, will soon begin conducting compliance reviews of construction contractors who receive funding and grants… Read More
July 24, 2009
On July 14, 2009, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued a notice of proposed rulemaking implementing President Obama's Executive Order 13502. This action created new FAR contract clauses to be included in federal contracts should an agency choose to require a Project Labor… Read More
July 24, 2009
In recent weeks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun fulfilling its promise of investigating employers who hire illegal workers by initiating two major steps: conducting audits of employers' I-9 forms and preparing for increased monitoring of the E-Verify System.
As mentioned in a… Read More
July 24, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on July 8 announced the Administration's intent to "push ahead with full implementation" of a rule requiring federal contractors to use the E-Verify system to verify employees' authorization to work in the U.S. The E-Verify rule will apply to federal… Read More
July 24, 2009
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced July 1 that more than $2.7 billion of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 is being made available early to help states as they face increasing budgetary pressures.
According to the… Read More
July 24, 2009
Left: Congressman Earl Blumenauer (left), Ways and Means Committee member, talks with Don Weaver (right) after the hearing.
51·çÁ÷ Highway and Transportation Division Chairman Don Weaver, Weaver Bailey Contractors (El Paso, Ark.), testified before the House Ways and Means Committee asking for action… Read More
July 23, 2009
The massive $1.5 trillion health care overhaul currently meandering through Congress is going through five committees (three in the House and two in the Senate). So far two House committees and one Senate committee have finished their consideration of the bill. Based on 51·çÁ÷'s analysis of the parts… Read More
July 23, 2009