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It’s getting harder to say goodbye

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 18 2013

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act) allows employers, including those in the construction industry, to join together to bargain with a

California Supreme Court: charter cities need not pay prevailing wages to private construction workers on locally funded municipal public works

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 10 2012

On July 2, 2012, the California Supreme Court issued a decision that launched early fireworks throughout the state, either in celebration or alarm, over its far-reaching impact on public works projects

General contractors continue to be held liable even if their own employees are not exposed to hazard

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 18 2012

On December 14, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit Court) upheld a citation issued against a general contractor on the basis of the multi-employer worksite liability doctrine, joining a growing majority of jurisdictions that have considered and enforced the doctrine

The required use of a project labor agreement on phase 2 of the Dulles metrorail project generates discussion

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 31 2011

One of most high profile construction projects in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area appears to be eliciting strong opinions from local and state political figures

Florida governor supersedes previously issued executive order mandating compliance with federal e-verify system

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 9 2011

One of the first acts that Governor Rick Scott of Florida signed at the beginning of his first term was Executive Order 11-02

Fair Play Act addresses independent contractor issue in New York construction industry

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 17 2010

The New York State Fair Play Act (FPA), which took effect on October 26, 2010, addresses the independent contractor controversy in the construction industry in New York

OSHA issues new cranes and derricks in construction rule effective

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 9 2010

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a new rule applicable to the use of cranes and derricks in construction that will replace the nearly 40-year-old existing rule

Construction industry impacted by the Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 27 2010

On April 5, 2010, a mine explosion in West Virginia killed 29 miners