From monthly archives: October 2016
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On Oct. 24, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction that prevents the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council from implementing the final blacklisting rule, officially titled Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, which was scheduled to go into effect on Oct. 25.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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11:00 a.m. (ET) / 10:00 a.m. (CT) / 9:00 a.m. (MT) / 8:00 a.m. (PT)
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60 minutes |
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Free |
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Joe Wise, Regional Customer Training Manager, United Rentals
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Training and Education, AQC |
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PRESENTED BY ABC's STRATEGIC PARTNER - UNITED RENTALS
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
The New Confined Space Standard for Construction, Subpart AA. What's new and how does it impact confined space work for construction on your job-site?
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Thursday, October 20, 2016
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2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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60 minutes |
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Free |
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Josh Newland, Manager of Enterprise Strategy, Procore Technologies, Inc.
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AQC, Training and Education, AQC |
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PRESENTED BY ABC's NATIONAL EVENT SPONSOR - PROCORE
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
If your current financial solution includes working off of thirty day old data and frustrating email chains, it' time to think about the next generation of financial management. In one hour, discover how to manage your bottom line from the field, with the most up-to-date information you need to make the best financial decisions.
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On Oct. 18, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it agreed to further delay enforcement of the anti-retaliation provisions of OSHA’s final rule on Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses until Dec. 1st. Under the anti-retaliation provisions of the final rule, some forms of post-accident drug testing and accident-free incentive programs will be deemed unlawfully retaliatory.
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Friday, October 14 and 21, 2016 |
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1:00 p.m. (ET) / 12:00 p.m. (CT) / 11:00 a.m. (MT) / 10:00 a.m. (PT)
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60 minutes |
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Free |
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Loretta Foley, Director of United Academy, United Rentals
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Training and Education |
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PRESENTED BY ABC's STRATEGIC PARTNER - UNITED RENTALS
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Come learn how United Academy can help your chapter provide quality training and credential tracking to your members. In this webinar, we will cover the United Academy value proposition, address the expectations for pilot program, and showcase a demo of various training United Academy has to offer.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
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2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
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60 minutes |
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Free |
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Josh Ballance, Esq., Senior Manager and Counsel, AIA Contract Documents Content
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Training and Education |
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PRESENTED BY ABC's BUSINESS PARTNER - AIA
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Join us as we explore contractual relationships, key provisions, and responsibilities of both parties when entering in AIA Document A401-2007, AIA Standard Form of Agreement Between Contractor and Subcontractor. Attendees of this course will explore special issues of interest including warranties, guarantees and consequential damage provisions and will become familiar with AIA bid bond, performance bond and payment bond forms and how to use them effectively with subcontractors.
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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and its ABC Southeast Texas Chapter announced that they have filed a lawsuit challenging the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces final rule, commonly referred to as the “blacklisting” rule, which was released Aug. 25, 2016. The legal challenge was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division, by the Texas office of Littler Mendelson, P.C., ABC National’s general counsel. The firm will represent ABC, the ABC Southeast Texas Chapter and the National Association of Security Companies (NASCO) in the lawsuit.
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On Sept. 30, the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued a final rule requiring certain federal contractors to offer employees up to seven days (56 hours) of paid sick leave annually, including paid leave for family care. The paid sick leave required by the final rule is in addition to a contractor’s obligations under the Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis-Bacon Act (DBA). Therefore, a contractor may not receive credit toward its prevailing wage or fringe benefit obligation under the SCA and DBA for paid sick leave provided in satisfaction of the requirements of the final rule.
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On Sept. 29, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finalized its revisions to the Employer Information Report or EEO-1 report, which will impact private employers, including federal contractors and subcontractors, with 100 or more employees. Beginning in March 2018, such employers will be required to report pay data and hours worked on the new EEO-1 form. The 2017 EEO-1 report will be due on March 31, 2018.
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