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Politics & Policy
US House Introduces Resolution Opposing DOL’s New Davis-Bacon Rule
ABC Slams OSHA’s Worker Walkaround Rule for Failing to Promote Workplace Health and Safety
State Off-Year Elections Deliver Losses To GOP Heading Into 2024
Safety
Utilize Software To Achieve Your Safety Goals
OSHA Extends Comment Period on OSHA Walkaround Proposed Rule to Nov. 13
ABC Expresses Serious Concerns to Congress About OSHA Worker Walkaround Rule
Events/Products/Programs
Nearly 350 ABC Leaders Gather in Washington for Annual Legislative Conference
ABC Members Rank Among ENR’s Top 400 Contractors
Trades Day: Industry Outreach Opportunity With Meaning
State/Local News
Ed Capodanno Honored by Delaware State Legislature
Election Update: ABC Staff and Members Elected in 2022
California Targets Workplace Cannabis Testing
Awards
ABC Congratulates 30 Members Awarded DOL’s 2023 HIRE Vets Medallion
ABC Honors 3 New Applicants With the AQC Credential in October
Graham Roofing Earns the AQC Credential in September
Legislation
ABC-Supported Legislation To Overturn the Northern Long-Eared Bat’s Endangered Species Listing Heads to President Biden’s Desk
ABC Advocates for Solutions to Workforce Shortage at U.S. House Committee Roundtable
Smucker Introduces the ABC-Supported Main Street Tax Certainty Act
Regulations
NLRB Extends Effective Date of the Joint Employer Final Rule to Feb. 26, 2024
DOL’s Unlawful Proposed Overtime Rule Will Disrupt Construction Workers’ Workplace Flexibility
ABC’s November Regulatory Roundup—Learn About the Latest Developments Affecting the Construction Industry
Workforce Development
Register Now for ABC’s Construction Inclusion Week Webinar Series
DOL High Road Workforce Development Program Map Snubs Nonunion Programs
LISTEN: How to Design an Effective Technology Adoption Strategy
President Obama signed into law an ABC-supported, bipartisan change to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) the evening of Oct. 7. The bill signed into law, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act (H.R. 1624/ S. 1099), will remove the ACA requirement that mandates states to expand the small group definition. As a member of the 50-100 Coalition, ABC urged Congress to pass the PACE Act in letters to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate as well as to individual members of Congress. The PACE Act gives states the flexibility to keep the current definition of the small group market of up to 50 employees or increase it to 100 if they choose. Currently, employers with up to 50 employees participate in this small group market. However, without the PACE Act, the ACA would have forced employers with up to 100 employees into the small group market beginning in 2016. “The signing of the PACE Act into law is a big win for smaller ABC members as the expansion of the small group definition would have been among the most onerous aspects of the ACA for smaller contractors,” said Sam Melamed CEO of ABC’s Insurance Trust. “Construction firms are still likely to see their rates increase due to a broken healthcare system and runaway medical inflation, however, those with between 51 and 100 employees will be saved from a much sharper rate increase beginning in 2016 by not being forced into the ACA’s small group market.” If the ACA mandate had gone into effect in January 2016, states would be required to include employers with between 51 and 100 employees in the small group market. Construction firms within that range could have seen their costs expand an extra 30-40 percent on top of any additional rate increases beginning in 2016. For more information about the ACA and its impact on employers, visit ABC’s Employer Health Care Toolkit. To view ABC’s Oct. 8 webinar on the Affordable Care Act’s new reporting requirements for 2015, click here.