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The construction unemployment rate fell to 3.3%, another signal that the labor supply pressures of recent years are still ongoing.

Proposed rule is one of the first federal regulations, and the first by OSHA, to be issued after the Supreme Court’s June 28 Loper Bright v Raimondo decision setting potential brakes on agency rulemaking.

After years of historically high salary increases for construction staff, many employers appear to have hit the ceiling for the compensation bumps they can offer.

Guidelines foresee general contractors setting the tone for preventing harassment based on race, gender or other forms.

Provisions of the rule finalized last year can extend prevailing wage requirements to truck drivers and material supplier employees in some cases.

A state law prohibits Arizona cities from enacting prevailing wage requirements, a judge ruled.

The report recommends funding increases for federal workforce training programs.

The BLS report, which updated earlier preliminary figures, revised April’s jobs figure downward from an increase of 9,000 to no overall gain for that month.

Construction industry veteran sees potential to transform project delivery with high-tech tools.

Jobs and European trips for relatives, prosecutors allege, were among the many abuses.