Items Tagged with 'wages'

Construction-sector employment increased by 8,000 positions in December as the industry’s headcount and wages in 2024 both rose faster than in the broader economy, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated General Contractors of America released on Jan. 10.

Jamie Chambers, director of member success for the Delaware Contractors Association, used to find it hard to make parents of middle school students understand that jobs in construction are more than digging ditches on the side of the road for $7 an hour, according to Katie Tabeling of the Delaware Business Times.

California is suing West Coast Drywall & Paint over alleged wage and hour violations, according to The Press-Enterprise.

House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the Workers Protecting Our Wage Earners’ Rights Act.

The construction industry added 19,000 jobs in July even as the sector’s unemployment rate increased, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated General Contractors of America released Aug. 4.

The U.S. Department of Labor released its 812-page pre-publication version of the final rule to modernize Davis-Bacon prevailing wage that SWACCA has been engaged on dating back to the Biden presidential transition. The final rule represents the most sweeping overhaul of Davis-Bacon regulations since the Reagan Administration.