Newsroom: Legislative Updates
On Sept. 7, 2017, IEC National President Bruce Seilhammer testified before the House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access at a hearing titled, "Examining the Small Business Labor Market..."
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On March 28, 2017, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed the Fair and Open Competition Act (H.R. 1552/S. 622), which would increase fair and open competition on federal and federally funded construction projects...
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In the past 30 days, President Trump signed two Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions IEC actively supported...
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New for 2017, IEC is launching a program that will allow contractor members and chapters the opportunity to support IEC’s advocacy efforts by becoming PEF Patriots, sponsors of IEC’s Political Education Fund...
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In the early days of the 115th Congress, the House of Representatives has passed two pieces of legislation that would bring much needed reforms to the regulatory process...
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IEC has put together a brief list of regulations that impact the merit shop electrical contracting industry that took effect in 2016 or take effect in 2017...
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On December 19, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor released its final rule to modernize the equal employment opportunity (EEO) regulations that implement the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937...
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Next week, President Donald Trump will be sworn into office as the 45th President of the United States...
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The Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule that implements President Obama’s Executive Order 13673 (EO 13673), Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (a.k.a. "Blacklisting"), is currently being reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which is typically the last stage before a rule goes final...
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In late April, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL) introduced a resolution (H.J. Res. 87) under the Congressional Review Act to block the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new rule expanding the “advice exemption,” which triggers reporting requirements to the DOL to include businesses that hire outside counsel to advise senior executives on labor relations and other workplace issues...
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