When you think of OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), you probably think of technical workplace safety regulations. However, don’t forget that OSHA is also...
Government Actions
When the private sector does not address a major issue, the public sector will often step into the vacuum and do it. The construction industry has been slow to embrace the principles of social responsibility and sustainable value, focusing instead on whatever it takes to be lowest bidder. As a consequence of this, government is adopting policies that reshape the rules for the industry.
Now that the state is moving forward with a targeted crackdown on the practice of worker misclassification, which some in the construction industry have called “a cancer,”...
In Texas political races all over the state, candidates are being grilled about what they think of sweeping education reforms passed by the legislature last year. While...
New regulations affecting federal contractors are scheduled to go into effect on March 24, 2014. The regulations involve federal contractors’ affirmative action and...
The Florida Department of Financial Services Divisions of Workers’ Compensation and Insurance Fraud have released a joint report summarizing their efforts and activities in...
Construction companies across Texas that work on public projects are on notice now that the targeted worker misclassification crackdown passed by the legislature in 2013 has taken...
Now that the City of Houston is moving forward with a policy to crack down on employers that steal the wages of workers, the pressure will be on to make it work. It'll be no...
Our readers know all too well that the problem of payroll fraud, or worker misclassification, has become a cancer for the construction industry and that quite a few states have...
Today, Wednesday, November 20th, 2013, Houston City Council made history passing the first municipal ordinance cracking down on wage theft in Texas and only the second in a major...
