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| 2548801 | cc442dd1-b066-4798-a832-701547631836 | Q4 | SIFF & ASSOCIATES PLLC | 400665998 | SIGNATORY WALL AND CEILING CONTRACTORS ALLIANCE | 2020 | fourth_quarter | LBR | Department of Labor proposed rule regarding "Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act" (85 Fed. Reg. 60600, September 25, 2020). Wage and Hour Division opinion letter FLSA2020-16 addressing the compensability of employee travel time of construction workers under the Fair Labor Standards in various situations involving construction sites located away from an employers principal place of business. Wage and Hour Division All Agency Memoranda (AAM) 233 (December 14, 2020) clarifying AAM 213 of March 22, 2013 to direct that when a wage determination contains fewer than three classifications in the relevant skilled craft or power equipment operator category, contracting officers shall evaluate whether a proposed new classification bears a reasonable relationship to both the existing skilled craft and power equipment operator classifications that are in the wage determination; AAM 234 (December 14, 2020) requesting comments on the planned schedule for Davis-Bacon wage surveys for fiscal year 2022; AAM 235 (December 14, 2020) rescinding AAM 212 of March 22, 2013 setting forth standards for the application of Davis-Bacon to construction survey crews; AAM 236 (December 14, 2020) raising from $1 million to $2.5 million the threshold for determining if more than one wage determination applies to a construction project because there is substantial construction in a category of construction that is different from the overall project but does not exceed 20% of the project's overall cost. H.R. 8294, the "National Apprenticeship Act of 2020," legislation to: (1) provide $3.5 billion over 5 years for grant programs to create or support registered apprenticeship programs; (2) codify and streamline standards for registered youth apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs; (3) codify the Office of Apprenticeship at the Department of Labor; and (4) establish the National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships; Amendment 16 (Stefanik), striking the requirement that the Secretary must also approve an alternative time-based model that reflects industry standards and hazards of the occupation, leaving such approval at the discretion of the state registration agency; Amendment 20 (Scott Managers Amendment), making a series of technical and conforming changes, ensuring the definition of a State includes outlying areas, including employment and training activities in the Departments of Commerce, Energy and Transportation, and the Small Business Administration, in the Related Federal Programs definition, ensuring costs related to assessments and licenses are allowable, clarifying that the 2,000 hours on-the-job learning requirement for time-based apprenticeship programs is cumulative, and that the exception to this requirement should be made only for nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations, allowing sponsors with five or fewer apprentices, pre-apprentices or youth apprentices to report data annually rather than quarterly, ensuring pre-apprenticeship programs are developed in consultation with an apprenticeship program sponsor; Amendment 28 (Smith/Langevin), allowing pre-apprenticeship programs that receive grant funds under Title II to use funds to provide stipends to pre-apprentices for costs incurred during the pre-apprenticeship program such as housing, transportation, childcare, and other out-of-pocket expenses; Amendment 29 (Levin), providing that any eligible entity applying for a Title II grant should be partnering with a labor or joint labor-management organization, to the extent practicable. H.R. 8375, the "Worker Flexibility and Small Business Protection Act of 2020," legislation to provide a right to flexibility and to broaden and increase employee protections at work, to protect small businesses through shared responsibility for workers' rights, and to provide public transparency on workers' rights violations; entire bill. S. 4738, the "Worker Flexibility and Small Business Protection Act," legislation to provide a right to flexibility and to broaden and increase employee protections at work, to protect small businesses through shared responsibility for workers' rights, and to provide public transparency on workers' rights violations; entire bill. | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Labor, Dept of (DOL),Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC),SENATE,Treasury, Dept of,White House Office | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 2021-01-12T17:20:24.253000-05:00 |