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ABC Supports Legislation Codifying AHPs, ACA Health Care Contributions
On June 20, ABC joined two letters from coalitions of business organizations supporting the Custom Health Option and Individual Care Expense Arrangement Act, which was approved by the House on June 21, by a vote of 220-209. The legislation would codify two health care...
ABC Supports R&D Tax Credit
On June 13, ABC authored a letter to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee for its markup of H.R. 3938, the Build It in America Act. ABC supports this legislation, which would extend key provisions of the ABC-supported Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and provide additional...
ABC, CDW Oppose PRO Act Ahead of Markup
On June 21, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a markup of ABC-opposed legislation, including the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, Paycheck Fairness Act and Healthy Families Act. Ahead of the hearing, ABC sent a letter to the...
Nearly 350 ABC Leaders Gather in Washington for Annual Legislative Conference
ABC members and chapters headed to Washington, D.C., for ABC's 2023 Legislative Week, June 13-14, meeting with leaders on Capitol Hill to advocate for fair and open competition and fighting against project labor agreement mandates and burdensome regulations....
ABC Members Rank Among ENR’s Top 400 Contractors
Of the nation's top ten construction companies, eight are ABC members, according to Engineering News-Record's recently published annual list of the Top 400 Contractors. These successful contractors were ranked based on 2022 revenue.
Industry News
Five Ways the Metaverse Is Shaping the Future of Work
We believe the metaverse can transform learning and how people train for jobs, which is why we hosted the Future of Work Summit this week in Washington, D.C. Academics, policymakers, entrepreneurs and experts gathered to hear how immersive technologies like virtual...
DOL Issues Bulletin on Enforcement of Protections for Employees To Pump Breast Milk at Work
On May 18, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published a Field Assistance Bulletin on Enforcement of Protections for Employees to Pump Breast Milk at Work, which is intended to provide enforcement support and guidance to field staff regarding the...
New Mackinac Study Expands Literature on Prevailing Wage Waste
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy recently published a study evaluating the effects of state prevailing wage policy on road construction and maintenance costs. Prevailing wage requirements undermine nonunion contractors’ competitiveness for public works contracts...
Treasury Releases Guidance on IRA Domestic Content Requirements
On May 12, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service released additional guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s domestic content bonus tax credits, which are in effect for all taxable years ending after May 12, 2023. The guidance may be...
Biden Ends Certain COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements—Safer Federal Workforce Website Updated
On May 9, 2023, President Joe Biden signed an executive order, Moving Beyond COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Federal Workers, that revoked executive orders 14042 and 14043 effective 12:01 a.m. ET on May 12, 2023. Read More