Register Now for Sept. 22 Orientation Webinar - The Culture of CARE Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Assessment is an online tool developed specifically for firms in the construction industry to measure and improve management of the company鈥檚 diversity & inclusion programs, policies, and practices. It is a company-wide survey that may require input from multiple people or departments in your firm to complete. Join 蜜桔直播 for a webinar on Thursday, September 22, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EDT on "Using the Diversity & Inclusion Assessment to Drive Your Strategic Efforts" to learn more about the Assessment, how to utilize key features of the Assessment platform, and how to leverage Assessment results to drive your strategic D&I efforts forward.
On Aug. 29, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (the 鈥淏oard鈥 or 鈥淣LRB鈥) issued its decision in Tesla, Inc., overruling precedent that allowed employers to enforce facially-neutral dress codes to prohibit wearing non-conforming attire, including union insignia and union logos. Now, employers must allow employees to wear union attire absent a showing of 鈥渟pecial circumstances.鈥
Construction Association Survey Finds Labor Shortages and Supply Chain Problems are Constraining Further Nonresidential Growth; Officials Urge Public Leaders to Reform Training and Immigration Policies
蜜桔直播鈥檚 lawsuit against the federal vaccine mandate is fast-tracked, as a nationwide halt to the mandate鈥檚 implementation is limited by another court.
The Biden administration just issued a proposed regulation mandating that every general contractor and subcontractor engage in negotiation or agree to project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more with limited exceptions.
蜜桔直播 of America鈥檚 Union Contractors Committee will hold its next quarterly virtual meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. EASTERN Daylight Time. All 蜜桔直播 members and chapter staff are invited. The meeting is not open to nonmembers. The agenda will include updates from 蜜桔直播 staff and an open discussion of labor relations matters.
In the latest installment of protracted litigation involving Browning-Ferris Industries (鈥淏FI鈥) and the appropriate standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on July 29 vacated a National Labor Relations Board decision in BFI鈥檚 favor. The standard is significant, as companies that are joint employers may be held jointly responsible for any unfair labor practices and collective bargaining obligations related to the jointly employed workers.
In light of the 30-day window that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is offering federal contractors to object to a disclosure of EEO-1 reports, 蜜桔直播 of America will host an informal conversation with Alissa Horvitz of the law firm Roffman Horvitz on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, from 3:00鈥3:30 p.m. EASTERN Daylight Time. All interested 蜜桔直播 members and chapter staff are invited. The meeting is not open to nonmembers. The conversation will cover the background of the disclosure order, what data is included, contractors covered, liability concerns and next steps for contractors amongst other matters. A brief Q&A session will be offered at the end if there are further questions.
The agenda is coming together and registration is open for the 2022 Construction HR and Training Professionals Conference and pre-conference Federal Construction HR Workshop to be held October 12-14, 2022, in Phoenix, AZ.
Component 2 Pay Data for 2017 & 2018 Reports Not to be Included