Compensation costs for civilian workers was little
changed at 0.2 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending June
2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries
(which make up about 70 percent of compensation costs) was also little changed
at 0.2 percent, and benefits (which make up the remaining 30 percent of
compensation) was little changed at 0.1 percent. (See chart 1 and tables 1, 2,
and 3.)
Gregory Management & Consulting Services Industry Blog.
Friday, July 31, 2015
REGIONAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY UPDATE – August, 2015
Welcome
to the August, 2015 Gregory Management & Consulting Services (GMCS)
REGIONAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY UPDATE.
GMCS continues to expand our products and services to meet
the needs of our industry and expanding client base. We have expanded our operational foot print
over the last six (7) months and are now supporting a large and growing
international client base with operations in Canada and throughout the United
States for both unionized and non-unionized contractors and associations. We are currently administering over 150
collective bargaining agreements across North America and providing First Chair
Negotiating Support for 35 first collective bargaining agreements. In addition,
we have expanded our supervisory training programs for those contractors
interested in providing support to their organizations and staff that are experiencing
union organizing efforts.
Successor May Be on Hook for Pension Withdrawal
July 27 — An employer's corporate successor may be
responsible for its $661,978 in multiemployer pension fund withdrawal liability
under a theory of successor liability, even though the employer withdrew from
the fund after it sold its assets, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh
Circuit ruled July 27.
Greenberger has never seen a real estate boom like this one
Alan Greenberger sees a positive future in development
for the city, one that’s been paved by a solid foundation laid in recent years.
“Well, I’ve been in the city since ’74,” said
Greenberger, deputy mayor for economic development and director of commerce. “I
have not seen a boom like this in the entire time that I’ve been here.”
Labor Department Issues New Guidance Targeting Worker Misclassification
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released new guidance July 15 related to employers’ use of independent
contractors. In the Administrator’s Interpretation and an accompanying blog post, Wage and Hour Division Administrator
Dr. David Weil laments the “problematic trend” of deliberate misclassification
and considers the guidance part of a “multi-pronged approach” to combat the
phenomenon.