The Internal Revenue Service has slowed the payment of refunds to employers for the Employee Retention Credit as the agency struggles to combat what it says are fraudulent and overstated claims for the credit.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its top 10 most frequently cited federal health and safety violations for fiscal year 2023, and the top four entries relate to construction fall protection standards.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released new resources to help protect workers from extreme heat. The new resources include fact sheets to provide information on personal risk factors, the importance of an individual’s hydration status and pregnant worker safety in the heat.
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.
The General Services Administration’s Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings announced a public meeting of the Green Building Advisory Committee on Nov. 2 to address the following agenda items, among others: unspecified recommendations from the Federal Building Decarbonization Task Group and the Green Leasing Task Group, a discussion on potential topics for the Green Building Advisory Committee and a period for public comments.
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.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced the approval of a Special Financial Assistance application submitted by the Plasterers and Cement Masons Local No. 94 Pension Fund, based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, that covers 108 participants in the construction industry.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced four upcoming Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act meetings throughout September to discuss the development of a standard for heat injury and illness prevention in outdoor and indoor work settings.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced the publication of the latest Corporate Scheduling Announcement List. The CSAL is a list of 250 federal contractors, federally assisted contractors and federally assisted subcontractors that have been selected for a compliance evaluation, which the OFCCP may begin scheduling immediately.
