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If you’re an owner or general contractor on a construction project in Oregon, a new law passed just last week may make you liable to pay the wages and benefits of construction workers—twice. Senate Bill 426 significantly...more
The 83rd Oregon legislative session is nearing its end and there are several employment bills still under consideration. Though nothing has been signed into law yet, these bills have the potential for major impacts on...more
Welcome to our third issue of The Site Report for 2025! In this edition, we address new case law impacting contract provisions in South Carolina, construction-related pricing and tariffs, the new administration's effect on...more
Developers, owners, and contractors would all be wise to take note of Senate Bill 426, currently under consideration in the Oregon legislature....more
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking certain wage rules adopted by the Department of Labor (DOL) that had expanded coverage of the Davis-Bacon Act...more
The construction industry feeds a significant part of the U.S. economy, providing millions of short- and long-term jobs across the country on an annual basis. Since the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in...more
There are proposed amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that will change employment practices for federal contractors in two ways. First, these amendments will prohibit federal contractors from seeking and...more
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued a Proposed Rule, “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting,” on January 30, 2024. The Proposed Rule would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs), which...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this week, the Biden Administration announced actions to support the equal pay principles set forth by Executive Orders 14035 and 14069. These actions will impact federal contractors and...more
On January 8, 2024, Governor Phil Murphy signed S1438 / A5794, which amended New Jersey’s State Prevailing Wage Act to permit unions to file prevailing wage claim suits on behalf of workers on covered projects regardless of...more
On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule on joint employment, reversing its previous standard set in 2020. Employers that have potential control or influence over another entity’s...more
The Department of Labor released new Davis-Bacon Act regulations on August 8 that significantly alter the methodology for setting prevailing wage rates for contractors and subcontractors working on federally funded...more
Contech Trends to Watch in the New Year - “As builders adapt to economic, supply chain and labor challenges, they’re turning to technology to boost performance.” Why this is important: All of the turmoil of 2022 (the...more
The 2022 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly produced several laws governing the private employment sector. This article summarizes the major points of those laws....more
On August 2, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court in East Bay Drywall, LLC. v. Department of Labor and Workforce Development, issued a unanimous opinion holding that workers, hired on a need and availability basis, who used...more
For businesses using independent contractor vendors, misclassification claims are usually well-suited for class certification. A plaintiff’s path toward certifying a class can be relatively smooth when all vendors of a...more
This week, we look at a range of developments shifting the enforcement approach across federal agencies and how employers can comply with these shifts. Texas Court Reinstates DOL Independent Contractor Rule A district...more
When President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law this past November, he not only committed a historic amount of funding for the nation’s infrastructure, he kickstarted a process that will...more
As you know - in a move dramatically expanding wage liability for most construction contracts created or modified on or after January 4, 2022 - the New York State legislature amended the Labor Law last year to hold a general...more
Welcome to FP Snapshot on Manufacturing Industry, where we take a quick snapshot look at the most significant workplace law developments over the past month with an emphasis on how they impact manufacturers. OSHA Penalties...more
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule implementing Executive Order 14026 (EO), which raises the minimum hourly wage from $10.95 to $15.00 for certain workers working on or in connection with covered federal contracts and...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
When the DOL audits an employer and finds wages due, the employer, albeit unhappily, then pays the wages and (hopefully) changes its errant ways. There are times when the employer cannot or will not pay and then the agency or...more
Last month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation, S.2766C/A.3350A, that automatically makes general contractors jointly and severally liable for wages, benefits, or wage supplements owed by subcontractors to...more
On September 6, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law New York Senate Bill S2766, which makes contractors in the construction industry jointly and severally liable for wages owed to employees of its...more