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Construction Employment Stalls as Industry Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.5%

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Construction employment edged up by 2,000 jobs between March and April as contractors try to find workers in an increasingly tight labor market, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government data. The unemployment rate among jobseekers with construction experience tumbled from 7.7%

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Army Corps to approve permit for $2B Arizona mine project

Construction Dive

Though still subject to contention, the construction project could take two-and-a-half years and employ more than 2,500.

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New Legal Guide and Resource For Your Construction Business

Construction Marketing

Business licenses or permits. Employment law issues (employment contracts and policies, intellectual property, hiring and firing). Originating documents (articles of incorporation). Business names (DBAs and fictitious name certificates). Bylaws and operating agreements. Business contracts and agreements.

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High stakes: State cannabis laws make contractors' obligations hazy

Construction Dive

Laws permitting medical and sometimes recreational marijuana present challenges for employers — not the least of which is finding workers who can pass a hiring or post-accident/incident drug test.

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Safety School: Emergency Response Plans for Permit Required Confined Spaces

Safety Services Company

Here are four basic questions to check that your emergency response plan for permit required confined spaces is complete. These four questions are just some of the emergency response variables that employers need to address before sending a worker down into a permit space, and the included documents help you ask them all.

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EEOC: Testing Workers for Covid-19

Construction Equipment

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated a previous pronouncement it issued earlier in the pandemic. The EEOC, relying on guidance from the CDC, stated on June 17 that employers cannot require Covid-19 antibody testing before permitting employees to re-enter the workplace.…

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Do Construction Workers Work in the Rain?

Work Gearz

While light rain can be tackled with certain precautions if the work in hand demands immediate completion, heavy rain on the other hand can prove too troublesome and hazardous to work in especially for construction works like bricklaying, roofing, earthing, etc. How the construction work is affected in rain? So, let’s get started….