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Expanded joint employer definition clouds contractor, subcontractor ties

September 1, 2015 Concrete News

Sources: Associated Builders & Contractors, National Association of Home Builders, Washington, D.C.; National Labor Relations Board; CP staff

Against precedent dating to 1984, a 3-2 NLRB majority redefines “joint employer” in a decision favoring an International Brotherhood of Teamsters local aiming to extend representation from a recycling station bargaining unit—equipment operators and companion staff employed by the facility’s owner—to a subcontractor whose employees perform waste sorting and related services.

Builders, Contractors groups challenge proposed overtime requirements

August 31, 2015 Concrete News

Sources: Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity, Washington, D.C.; CP staff

Associated Builders & Contractors, Associated General Contractors of America and the National Association of Home Builders are representing construction interests in a coalition opposing the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed rulemaking to alter Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime pay requirements with sharp salary threshold spikes.

Agencies issue proposed rule, guidance on contractor ‘Blacklisting’ EO

July 28, 2015 Linda Jackson

The federal agencies charged with implementing President Obama’s July 2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order have released their much-anticipated proposed rule on this directive. The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a 106-page proposed guidance document, and the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), issued a 131-page proposed rule, governing the terms of the so-called “Blacklisting” Executive Order (EO).

BUILDING BACK TO NORMAL

February 2, 2015 CP Staff

Despite a late 2014 construction season start, U.S. cement consumption totals are expected to soar past 95 million metric tons in 2015

by the editors of Concrete Products

NRMCA, ABC challenge EPA Clean Power Plan claims, costs, feasibility

January 30, 2015 Concrete News

As the public comment period closed late last year for the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units” rule, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association and the Associated Builders & Contractors joined a host of business interests raising concerns of the proposal’s increased costs and limited benefits, especially on greenhouse gas reduction claims.

NRMCA, ABC challenge EPA Clean Power Plan claims, costs, feasibility

December 5, 2014 Concrete News

Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.; Associated Builder & Contractors, Washington, D.C.; CP staff

As the public comment period closed for the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units” rule, NRMCA and Associated Builders & Contractors joined a host of business interests raising concerns of the proposal’s effect on power costs and limited benefits, especially on claims of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction.

Nonresidential contractors underscore market optimism

November 5, 2014 Concrete News

The Associated Builders and Contractors most recent Construction Confidence Index (CCI), reflecting nonresidential construction industry prospects using survey projections in revenue, profit margin and hiring categories, increased across all indices during the first six months of 2014.