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OSHA Advances Employer Vaccine Mandate for White House Review On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID applicable to employers with over 100 employees was sent to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.  We understand the review process will move quickly and have been told to expect the…

Could an ASA Captive Insurance Program Benefit You? There is no doubt about it, right now we all feel the pain of soaring insurance costs, as well as higher deductibles, and in some cases the inability to get insurers to offer higher Umbrella limits. Add to that, Owners and General Contractors are requesting higher limits…

This Week in Congress Last Thursday, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government until December 3, 2021.  Additionally, last week the House voted 365-51 for a 30 day extension of surface transportation programs in light of the delayed vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill.  Last Saturday, Speaker Pelosi set a new deadline of…

Vaccine Mandate Update This article is from SESCO Management Consultants, ASA’s Human Resource partner.  SESCO is just one of the many incredible member benefits included in your ASA membership.  To learn more about how to get the most out of your ASA membership, click here. Vaccine Mandate Update for Private Employers with 100 or More…

ASA Encourages Senate Finance Committee Leadership to Make 199A Deduction Permanent ASA, along with the Small Business Legislative Counsel (SBLC), sent a letter on Monday, October 4th conveying concerns regarding the Small Business Tax Fairness Act (S.2387) and other recent proposals to change the 199A deduction.  Per the letter, “we are aware of the intent…

New Address for Member Payments After October 12th! To those ASA members who mail their dues or other ASA National payments to the ASA P.O. Box in Baltimore, please note that the mailing address will be changing on October 12th. The payment processor we use is moving to Philadelphia. The new address is: American Subcontractors…

House Republicans Oppose OSHA Employer Vaccine Mandate Republican House lawmakers with oversight of OSHA are calling for the agency to suspend its work writing an emergency temporary standard that would require Covid-19 vaccinations or weekly testing for 80 million workers.  Per their letter to Labor Secretary Walsh, 23 House Republicans on the Education and Labor…

FAR Memo on President Biden’s EO on Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors On October 1, 2021, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council has issued a “Memorandum on Issuance of Agency Deviations to Implement Executive Order (EO) 14042”, the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors.  The memorandum highlights the goal of…

Upcoming ConsensusDocs Webinar: Price Escalation & Supply-Chain Disruption; Legal and Practical Remedies and Mitigation ASA invites its members to join ConsensusDocs on October 19th, 2021 at 2pm Eastern for the upcoming free webinar, “Price Escalation & Supply-Chain Disruption; Legal and Practical Remedies and Mitigation”. The industry is facing unprecedented price swings and supply shortages that…

OSHA’s New Heat Exposure Rule On September 21, 2021, OSHA announced efforts to address heat-related illnesses. Per OSHA, “while heat illness is largely preventable, and commonly under-reported, thousands of workers are sickened each year by workplace heat exposure.  Despite widespread under-reporting, 43 workers died from heat illness in 2019, and at least 2,410 others suffered…