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Contractor group says having to "front" costs for leave provisions would severely hurt firms' financial health.

All construction sectors added jobs in Feb., led by specialty trade contractors segment.

Unemployment rate rises to 5.4% from December's 5.0% but improves from January 2019's 6.4%, BLS says.

Total construction posted an 0.2% decline on a monthly basis, but recorded a solid 5% pickup from the year-earlier total.

Industry's unemployment rate up to 5.0% from November's 4.4% but dips from December 2018's 5.1%, BLS says.

Industry added only 1,000 jobs for the month but workforce still is up by 2%, year over year.

Industry's unemployment rate increased to 4.0% from September's 3.2% and October 2018's 3.6%.