U.S. DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced a renewed Mega Construction Project Initiative reaffirming contractors’ Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action requirements under covered federal contracts.

AGC challenges Commerce Secretary to work with the association to help actually address construction workforce shortages by significantly increasing federal investments in career and technical education, not more mandates for project labor agreements on CHIPS Act-funded semiconductor facility projects.

On February 23, members of Congress reintroduced the PRO Act, an ambitious attempt to overturn decades of federal labor policy that threatens both union and open-shop contractors.

In response to President Biden’s government-mandated Project Labor Agreements (PLA) Executive Order, Congress introduced the AGC-supported Fair and Open Competition Act, which would preserve open competition and federal government neutrality towards the labor relations of contractors on federal and federally funded construction projects.

AGC used Secretary Buttigieg’s comments about the construction workforce as a springboard to initiate a dialogue with the Department of Transportation and the Biden administration to identify how the construction industry might work together to address the lack of skills-building programs in the educational system so that more students are exposed to and prepared for careers in construction.

AGC’s Workforce Summit Report offers a comprehensive summary of the 40+ workforce development solutions participants crafted to address industry workforce needs.

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs within the U.S. Department of Labor recently posted a list of federal contractors subject to an ongoing EEO-1 data release and is requesting any contractors to notify the agency of objections to being on the list by March 3.

AGC of America filed comments with the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) on Dec. 7 in response to the agency’s proposed rule to revise the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”).

AGC recently submitted comments on the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division’s (WHD) proposed rule to establish a new test for determining who is an independent contractor versus an employee under the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

DOL to Provide Educational Webinars on December 14 & 15.