Current Building News
OSHA extends temporary enforcement measures in residential construction through March 15 
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will extend for three months its temporary enforcement measures in residential construction. The temporary enforcement measures, now extended through March 15, 2013, include priority free on-site compliance assistance, penalty reductions, extended abatement dates, measures to ensure consistency and increased outreach. Fatalities from falls are the number one cause of workplace death in construction. Link to an OSHA press release.
UPDATE: NLRB Poster Rule on Hold Pending Appeal
On April 17, 2012 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted a temporary injunction blocking implementation of the NLRB poster rule pending appeal of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) case. The poster rule had been scheduled to go into effect on April 30, 2012, but that is no longer the case. As the result of the temporary injunction, the implementation date is stayed, and employers nationwide will not have to post the collective bargaining rights poster, pending the outcome of this appeal.
