Labor & Payroll

Munchen, Germany - Kewazo, a German startup, is literally lifting the scaffolding industry to new heights. The fresh product just landed a cool $5M for advancement. Good news for the industry as its fresh digitized dashboard and insights will be a hit on sites everywhere soon shortly. Construction has seen an era shift that has been moving…

Victoria, Australia - Construction in Victoria will be halted for two weeks as a result of an anti-vaccine mandate protest after Victoria police used pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd outside the CFMEU office on Monday night, the state government convened crisis talks. The decision to close the roads in metropolitan Melbourne,…

New Britain, Connecticut - The program is a crucial component of Stanley Black & Decker's corporate social responsibility program, which includes a goal of empowering 10 million makers by the year 2030 as part of the company's corporate social responsibility program. Over the next five years, the Impact Challenge is projected to train and…

Washington D.C. - As the labor crisis advances across the U.S.A vaccine mandates are rolling out as well. Most of the mandatory vaccine requirements are from larger corporations with 100 or more employees but it is the recited normal from the White House for "back to work" and "back to school". Bylt: has seen a rapid uptick in quits the last…

United States Of America- Construction Business Formations have skyrocketed this year while setting a record for year end 2020 with 397,180 new Construction Business Sector Formations. 2021 is on track to blast past the previous record with a forecast year end of 479,122 according to the N.A.I.C.P. The NAICP™ in conjunction with AGGRECOST™ &…

United States of America-- As troubling labor data continues to plague the construction industry everyone has begun to get creative and learn to adapt to the now evolved and never seen before labor and employee markets. The recent jobs report is a example of the ever tricky labor number interpretations. …

Milford, Connecticut - As construction budgets have blown up the past year and half we are releasing details on a new cost modeling and value-engineering investigatory report performed by AGGRECOST™ . The modeled construction project was a affordable multi-family housing project commissioned by CHFA (Connecticut Housing Finance Authority)…

Washington D.C., United Stated Of America- Lumber prices continue on a volatile summer downward trend, reaching $490 this morning for September deliveries. This would translate into wholesale price levels of forward priced projects of $550-650 and in addition plywood panels have been trading at the $850 range or near a $1000-1200 wholesale forward…

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania- A no contest plea to four counts of theft was entered by Micheal Hawbaker, vice president of Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. Hawbaker consented to payment of $20 million over allegations regarding the company illegally rerouting money and benefits away from employees and disrupting retirement funds alongside health insurance. …

United States of America- So far this year, the Maine Department of Transportation has rejected bids on at least 15 projects because the contractors' bids were significantly higher than the department's budget. Maine DOT has canceled 17 percent of its paving projects for the year as inflation ate sustainability out of production to cost ratio.…

WARRINGTON, Pennsylvania – Roofing Contractor, Pro Com Roofing & Construction Services Corp., was ordered to pay $179K for violated labor laws. The Department of Labor and OSHA have shown increased enforcement this year and contractors should know that nothing is off the table when it comes to safety. Accidental falls are one of the most…

Boston, Mass- It is not an unknown fact that the construction industry houses high-paying jobs which don’t necessarily always require a high level of education. Most have a low entry barrier and offer superior training, providing individuals with the dignity that comes from satisfactory careers. What many turn a blind eye to however, is the racism…

A University of Massachusetts Amherst Labor Center study has recently revealed the “not so perfect” side of Boston. Within the city, the construction sector is riddled with inequality, cash payments, and poor employee treatment. Labor brokers are commonly found…

Bill SB 999 was signed by Governor Ned Lamont on June 14, 2021. The Bill is a collection of reforms expected to increase wages and heighten employment opportunities among the state’s renewable energy sector. The laws are inline with similar workforce initiatives like The Wage Theft Bill In New York…

BOISE, ID – The United States Department of Labor is conducting a survey of businesses in the building and heavy construction industries in Idaho to assist its Wage and Hour Division in establishing prevailing wage rates required by the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. Currently, the division collects data electronically and via data collection…