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OSHA Implements New Inspection Weighting System with a Greater Emphasis on Falls and Other Fatal Hazards
In its memo, OSHA lists falls, being struck by an object, electrocutions, and being caught in/between structures, machines, or equipment as the leading cause of fatalities in the construction industry.
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SWACCA President Testifies Before House Committee On Misclassification In The Construction Industry
On Thursday, Sept. 26, Matt Townsend, the President of the Signatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance (SWACCA) and Chief Executive Officer of OCP Contractors, Inc., located in Holland, Ohio, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives.
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SWACCA President to Testify Before House Committee on Misclassification in the Construction Industry
WASHINGTON, DC — On Thursday, Sept. 26, at 10:15 a.m. EDT, Matt Townsend, the President of the Signatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance (SWACCA) and...
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SWACCA Helping to Shine A Light On Employer Misclassification
Since starting its public policy program in the fourth quarter of 2017, SWACCA has been at the forefront of fighting back against employer misclassification in our industry.
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DC AG Karl Racine Releases A Report on Misclassification in the Construction Industry
Companies are able to gain an unfair advantage “by failing to pay overtime, shifting tax burdens to workers, and evading other taxes and required payments entirely” according to the report.
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Construction Falls Again Tops List of Most-Cited OSHA Hazards
According to OSHA, this continues a nine-year trend where construction falls have topped its list of most-cited hazards, continuing a trend of falls from roofs, scaffolds, or ladders during construction projects.
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CBO Finds that Butch Lewis Act Will Not Increase The Solvency of Failing Multiemployer Plans
This CBO report reinforces what SWACCA has said all along: while Butch Lewis is a first step in addressing the multiemployer pension crisis, the bill would not address the underlying problems that have caused the multiemployer pension crisis in the first place
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Senate Democrats Oppose Department of Labor’s IRAP Rule
In the letter, the Senators said that the proposed rule would establish a “confusing, unnecessary, and duplicative program” that would “undermine important standards around wages, training structure and quality, and equal opportunity employment.”
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SWACCA Helps to Generate 320,790 Comments on DOL's Proposed Apprenticeship Rule
The apprenticeship rule has received 320,790 public comments, with more possible as DOL works to confirm submissions that came in prior to the August 26 deadline.
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U.S. Department of Labor Announces Denial of Comment Extension for Apprenticeship Rule
The DOL believes that the 60-day comment period originally set out in the NPRM is a “reasonable and adequate” amount of time to provide notice and an opportunity for public comment.
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OSHA to Publish Request for Information Related to Silica Rule in the Federal Register
OSHA is seeking information on additional engineering and work practice control methods to effectively limit exposure to silica for the equipment and tasks currently listed on Table 1 of OSHA's Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction.
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PBGC Multiemployer Pension Program continues on path to insolvency by the end of fiscal year 2020, according to report
This year’s report shows that the financial condition of the PBGC Multiemployer Program will continue to erode rapidly over the next ten years.
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