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Law

Understand the legal issues shaping the construction industry. Stay informed on contracts, labor regulations, compliance, litigation and evolving legislation that can affect your business.

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    I-9 Update

    On December 12, 2008, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced an interim final rule to streamline the I-9 process (Employment Eligibility Verification form).
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    Sustainable Design is Easier Than You Might Believe

    When USG started designing our new headquarters space, we knew we wanted to be proactive about sustainability.
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    The Immigrant Population’s Role in Construction

    Immigrants will continue to be a major source of new workers in the United States.
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    Consider Energy and Environmental Costs When Making Fleet Decisions

    The high cost of gasoline, conflicting information about new alternative fuels and the increasing availability of hybrids are all issues generating significant interest among contractors wondering how this impacts their companies’ fleets.
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    Clean Diesel: Low-Cost Opportunities for Cleaning Your Fleet and Community

    We have all seen that black puff of diesel smoke coming from a bulldozer or dump truck as it moves about the construction site.
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    Understand Material Breach of Contract

    The key differences between the types of breach & when they qualify as default in construction
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    Avoid the Wage-Hour Lawsuit Boom

    You have excellent human resource and legal departments, sophisticated and well-publicized policies prohibiting discrimination and retaliation and effective internal complaint and mediation processes.
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    Innovative Green Products that Save the Earth and Save You $$$

    If you haven’t asked or been asked about ways to increase energy efficiency, you are in the minority.
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    What is Your Corporate Compliance Readiness?

    Corporate compliance is not a new concept to the construction industry. For years, construction companies have been governed by state and federal statues and regulations, and by judicial enforcement, such as environmental laws, OSHA and requirements for workplace safety.
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    The Importance of Correctly Classifying Employees

    The Fair Labor Standards Act is the federal law that governs employees’ pay. It is the FLSA that requires overtime pay for certain employees and exempts others from overtime pay altogether. Employers who ignore the FLSA’s requirements will find themselves subjected to heavy penalties, including paying overtime to the wronged employees for up to the past three years.
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    Public Construction: Bidding on Public Building

    Public contracting assumes that open competitive bidding for fixed price construction contracts ensures fairness and maximizes the return on the taxpayer’s dollar.
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    Protecting Your Right to Arbitrate

    A contractor hiring a subcontractor may prefer arbitration to litigation in cases of dispute. But when the contractor has issued a payment bond, the sub has a choice of payment sources-either from the contractor or from the surety who issued the contractor’s payment bond.
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