Author: Crystal Yates

E-Verify users will no longer be notified via Case Alerts when an employee has an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) that has been revoked by DHS. Instead, users should now themselves regularly generate the Status Change Report to identify E-Verify cases created with an EAD that is now revoked. To access the report, users must log in to their E-Verify account and click on the “Reports” tab at the top of the homepage to select the new Status Change Report. E-Verify Employer Agents may create this report on behalf of their clients using the E-Verify browser. More information can be found here and here. E-Verify users are advised that…

Looking to tackle your biggest construction human resources and workforce challenges? There’s no better place than the Construction HR & Workforce Conference! After yet another successful conference in 2024, we’re once again combining the best elements of a few AGC events to facilitate even better conversations between folks in construction HR and workforce development. Interested? Check out the event details below and start planning your conference experience! A detailed agenda will be shared soon. Where: Omni Fort Worth HotelWhen: October 14-16, 2025Registration Rates: Before August 29 (Members Only): $775 | Non-Members: $1,005 The Construction Workforce & HR Conference will focus…

According to the latest Contractor Compensation Quarterly (CCQ) published by PAS, Inc., contractors are projecting 2025 construction staff wages to increase an average of 4.07%, as reported by over 350 companies in the 43rd edition of PAS’s Construction/Construction Management Staff Salary Survey. Typically, projected increases are .3% to .5% higher by year end, so there is a good chance that pay will be slightly higher by year end. According to WorldatWork, across all industries, exempt professionals saw increases of 3.9% in 2024 and are projected to see increases of 3.8% in 2025. Jeff Robinson, president of PAS, will present again this year…

ICE enforcement is no longer a distant threat—it’s a present reality. With a sharp uptick in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity targeting the construction sector in 2025, general contractors are facing heightened scrutiny and operational risk. From surprise jobsite raids to formal I-9 audits, the stakes have never been higher for HR professionals and company leadership. Join us for a critical webinar designed specifically for commercial construction general contractors. We’ll break down the latest enforcement trends, including the impact of the January 2025 executive order “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” which has intensified federal focus on undocumented labor…

The AGC Labor and Employment Law Council (LELC) hosted its 40th Annual Construction Labor Law Symposium on May 7–8, 2025, at in Washington, D.C. The event brought together construction labor attorneys and labor relations professionals from across the country for two days of learning and networking. This year’s agenda tackled timely and complex issues, including the evolving legacy of the Biden-era National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), strategies for managing strikes in construction, a primer on multiemployer bargaining, and multiemployer benefit challenges accompanying travelers and audits. Sessions also addressed pressing enforcement topics such as immigration worksite raids and OSHA compliance, as…

AGC of America recently urged the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions to report favorably to the full Senate the nominations of Andrew Rogers to serve as the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the U.S. Department of Labor and Andrea R. Lucas to fill a Republican seat on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Both Mr. Rogers and Mrs. Lucas have extensive employment law expertise and substantive knowledge of the various matters under the purview of the Division and Commission. The Wage and Hour Division enforces the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Migrant and…

A long-awaited signal of the Trump administration’s position on Pres. Biden’s executive order requiring the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on large-scale federal construction projects has finally arrived. In a June 12, 2025, memo to the heads of all executive departments and agencies, the executive director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) stated, “For clarity, the Trump Administration supports the use of PLAs when those agreements are practicable and cost effective, and blanket deviations prohibiting the use of PLAs are precluded.” The memo affirms that Pres. Biden’s Executive Order 14063 on PLAs remains in effect, along with…

Order Likely to Lead to More Project-Specific Exceptions and Bid Protests North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) sought and was recently granted a preliminary injunction reinstating the requirement to use a project labor agreement (PLA) on large-scale government construction projects of the Department of Defense (DOD) and General Services Administration (GSA). DOD and GSA each issued memos waiving the PLA mandate imposed by President Biden via an executive order (EO) and regulation. Specifically, the DOD memo announced a class deviation from following the mandate on all DOD projects, and the GSA memo announced a class exception from following the mandate…

The U.S. Supreme Court recently allowed the Trump administration to move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 350,000 Venezuelans who were granted it in 2023. This decision does not affect the 250,000 Venezuelans who received TPS in 2021—they may still stay and work in the U.S. for now. As a result of the ruling: The Court did not rule on the merits of the administration’s actions, but its ruling allows the policy change to take effect – and for affected Venezuelans to be deported – while the litigation progresses. For more information, contact Jim Young at youngj@agc.org or (202) 547-0133 or Claiborne Guy at claiborne.guy@agc.org or 703-837-5382.

Summary In 2022, the State of New York passed the Construction Industry Wage Theft Statute, New York Labor Law § 198-e (the “Wage Theft Statute”). It includes authorizing suits against contractors to recover any employee wages and benefits unpaid by their subcontractors. In 2023, a union benefit fund sued a general contractor under the Wage Theft Statute, seeking payment of nearly three million dollars resulting from the subcontractor’s failure to remit benefit fund contributions pursuant to its collective bargaining agreement. On April 29, 2025, a U.S. District Court ruled that the Wage Theft Law cannot authorize such a suit. The court…