OFCCP’s Proposal Requiring Construction Companies to Submit Monthly Employment Utilization Report
Archives for July 29, 2024
How Construction Employers Can Avoid Common Wage & Hour Claims
Employer wage and hour violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other applicable state laws are some of the most frequent in the construction industry. They are often the costliest an employer can make. However, common mistakes can be avoided with a careful review of wage and hour practices for compliance. Below are five common bases seen in federal wage and hour claims. Keep in mind that state laws can impose additional compliance requirements.
EEOC Issues Guidance for Construction Industry on Preventing Harassment
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidance on preventing harassment in the construction industry on June 18, 2024. The EEOC states in Promising Practices for Preventing Harassment in the Construction Industry that specific guidance was necessary because workplace harassment remains prevalent in the construction industry and some of the most egregious incidents of harassment it has investigated have occurred in the industry.
OFCCP’s Proposal Requiring Construction Companies to Submit Monthly Employment Utilization Report
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has proposed reinstating a monthly reporting requirement for federal construction contractors nearly 30 years after discontinuing it. The proposal requires covered construction contractors to file Form CC-257, a monthly submission reporting data on contractors’ construction trade employees’ hours worked by race and gender. OFCCP said the data can help it determine whether there are potential issues to investigate during a compliance evaluation.
Will Construction Employees Enjoy the ‘Right to Disconnect’?
Cell phone communications, emails, and texts have been around for decades. According to JB Knowledge’s 2020 Construction Technology Report, 93 percent of construction industry workers use smartphones for work purposes.
Michael D. Schweitzer Named a 2024 New England Distinguished Leader in Law ›
Goldberg Segalla is pleased to announce partner Michael D. Schweitzer, leader of the firm’s Connecticut workers’ compensation practice, has been named a Distinguished Leader as part of the 2024 New England Legal Awards, presented by the Connecticut Law Tribune. This honor recognizes attorneys who achieve impressive career results and demonstrate clear leadership skills at their firms.
Power At Work Blogcast #53: Project 2025 and Labor – The Plan to Destroy Worker Power
In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Jody Calemine, director of advocacy at the AFL-CIO, and Karla Walter, director of the American Worker Project at the Center for American Progress, to discuss Project 2025’s labor proposals. Watch now to hear about how
From the Ground Up: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Transforming the American Labor Movement
Labor’s decline over the past half century has devastated working-class communities, undermined democracy, and deepened the grip of big business over our work lives, our political system, and our planet. To turn this around, we need tens of millions more people forming, joining, and transforming unions.
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Disney Hands $190 Million Profit Share To Disenchanted Theme Park Workers
Workers at Disney’s theme parks are known as cast members due to the role they play in a themed environment but the atmosphere at Disneyland Paris was anything but a fairytale in summer last year.
$3.75M settlement marks largest workers’ rights deal in D.C. history
More than 1,200 construction workers are set to receive restitution for lost compensation and sick leave under the deal announced by the office of D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb.
Court dismisses Title VII suit alleging racial harassment due to a slur overheard at work
The plaintiff was not the target, and a reasonable person would not consider the circumstances severe enough under Title VII to be abusive or harassing, a federal magistrate found.
Can You ‘Unboss’ Yourself Without Ruining Your Career?
Managers want to shed the headache of running a team without losing pay and power
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