The House Education and the Workforce Committee voted 21-13 along party lines to advance H. J. Res. 116, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Department of Labor’s SWACCA-supported independent contractor final rule.
According to the results of a new survey of ABC contractor-members and chapters published Feb. 27, the U.S. Department of Labor’s controversial, over-180,000-word proposed rule overhauling regulations related to government-registered apprenticeship programs will discourage apprentices, contractors and ABC chapter apprenticeship program providers from participating in the government-registered apprenticeship system.
The Interfaith Center at the Presidio won a Save America’s Treasures grant for $750,000 from the National Park Service. The award, doubled with required matching funds, helps jumpstart the 1931 Presidio Chapel’s $14 million expansion and renovation, designed by architect Page & Turnbull, which will add a conference center and a gallery.
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced a virtual roundtable on Feb. 16 from 1-3 p.m. ET on the Department of Labor’s Apprenticeship Modernization Rule.
The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to enhance the National Apprenticeship System by modernizing regulations for registered apprenticeships.
The Small Business Administration published a final rule implementing section 870 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020 regarding the requirements that apply to a federal contractor seeking to obtain subcontracting credit on certain types of federal contracts.
SWACCA and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades submitted a joint comment letter supporting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s proposed rule to specifically require that the personal protective equipment construction employers are required to provide properly fits workers.
