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OSHA’s New Enforcement Guidance on Beryllium Dust On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, OSHA issued new enforcement guidance for inspectors looking into potential cases of workers exposed to beryllium dust.  The guidance applies to all types of beryllium inspections, including checks of manufacturers using beryllium as well as shipyards and construction sites where trace amounts of…

EEOC Opens 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection This update is from SESCO Management Consultants, ASA’s Human Resources partner. After postponing the opening of the 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection on May 8, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has announced that the 2019 and…

CDC Guidance on No Mask Wearing on Outdoor Construction Sites On April 27, 2021, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a new federal guidance on when fully vaccinated people do not need to wear a mask outdoors.  Per the CDC, a fully vaccinated person, defined as someone who had their final required…

DOL Recovers $834K in Unpaid Wages from FLSA Minimum Wage, OT Violations This update is from SESCO Management Consultants, ASA’s Human Resource Partner. The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the settlement of reported FLSA minimum wage and overtime violations by employers in California, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and…

DOL Rescinds President Trump’s Independent Contractor Rule On May 6, 2021, The U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule rescinding the independent contractor regulation without replacing it with a new interpretation of when workers can function as independent contractors and when they must be classified as employees under federal law, who are entitled to…

All Employers Are Required to Display Federal and State Postings This update is from SESCO Management Consultants, ASA’s Human Resource partner. All employers are required to post certain federal and state postings. On a federal level, if an employer has less than 50 employees, they are required to post 5 notices: Fair Labor Standards Act;…

Senate Earmark Update Some Senate Republicans plan to support earmarks this year. Most of the support is concentrated among GOP appropriators including Sens. Shelby (AL), Collins (ME), Capito (WV), Graham (SC), Murkowski (AK), and Blunt (MO). A letter signed by 15 GOP members said they would continue to enforce the ban. Return to the ASAToday…

Click Here to Register for the May 12th Webinar! Upcoming Webinar: Planning For Recovery for SMB Contractors Join us for the upcoming webinar, “Planning for Recovery for SMB Contractors”, which will take place on May 12th, 2021 at Noon Eastern. Click here to register. For the construction industry, 2020 was all about surviving and persevering…

This Week in Congress The Senate considered a water infrastructure bill and legislation to reduce methane emissions.  This week, there were no votes in the House and President Biden addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. Return to the ASAToday page to read more articles.

Wrap-Up Insurance Program Considerations On larger projects Owner/Developers, General Contractors and Homebuilders are continuing to use Wrap-Up Insurance programs for Coverage, Control and Cost Savings purposes to “control” their Total Cost of Risk (TCOR). What is a Wrap-Up program?   It is a Controlled/Consolidated Insurance program that is centrally procured and managed for a single project…