The Department of Energy announced that 19 state and local governments will receive over $240 million in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to adopt and implement the latest energy-efficient or innovative building codes.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has updated its Injury Tracking Application data webpage to include 2023 summary data. The 2023 Form 300A data reflects data collection changes beginning in 2024. For example, OSHA added an establishment ID to link the summary data to new case detail data.
Reuters published a feature article discussing how a robotic printer from ICON is finishing the last of 100 3D-printed houses in the world’s largest 3D-printed community — Wolf Ranch in Georgetown, Texas, about 30 miles from Austin, Texas.
The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration announced a public meeting of the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship on Sept. 12 to address, among other things, state and local panels on Registered Apprenticeship Initiatives. There will also be a period for public comment.
The National Labor Relations Board issued its final rule on “Fair Choice—Employee Voice,” which restores three NLRB policies that facilitate union organizing, including the NLRB’s policy on voluntary recognition in the construction industry.
On July 22, SWACCA board member Geoff Furtaw, majority owner of Ceilings, Inc. in Wayne, Pennsylvania, testified before Federal Trade Commission commissioner Alvaro Bedoya to offer a contractor perspective on the anti-competitive impact that employee misclassification has on honest employers in the construction industry at a forum organized by the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters.
The Labor Department announced the availability of $99 million in funding through the YouthBuild Program to support the delivery of pre-apprenticeships in high-demand industries, including construction, infrastructure and clean energy.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced the award of nearly $160 million to 38 grant recipients to support efforts to report and reduce climate pollution from the manufacturing of construction materials and products.
The Department of Labor announced $244 million in awards through two grant programs to help modernize, diversify and expand the Registered Apprenticeship system in growing U.S. industries, including clean energy, advanced manufacturing and supply chains, among others.
The Department of Labor released a far-reaching set of principles that provide employers and developers that create and deploy artificial intelligence with guidance for designing and implementing these emerging technologies in ways that enhance job quality and protect workers’ rights.
