In This Issue:

  • THE NUTS & BOLTS

  • SAVE-THE-DATE: 9/30/21 - 50 Years of Excellence in Construction
  • NYS Senate Passes HEROES Act
  • WEBINAR RESCHEDULED: What to Do When DOB Visits the Job Site
  • ABC National Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit on Website
  • STEP - The Safety Training Evaluation Process: YOU NEED IT

  • IN THE NEWS

  • ABC's Sampson Opposes Wage Theft Legislation
  • ABC's Empire State Chapter Reaches 45 Million Readers with NY Post
  • CDC Issues New Guidance on Hygienic Protocals

  • GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS & ADVOCACY

  • New York State HEROES Act Passes Senate
  • Rep. Jacobs Testifies Before House Trans. & Infrastructure Committee
  • Reminder: COVID-19-related Tax Credits Extended Until September 30
  • Call to Action: Support The Fair and Open Competition Act

  • MEMBERSHIP

  • CNY Regional Quarterly Meeting
  • Rochester Regional Networking Event: Brews with Builders
  • ENY Regional Networking Event: Brews with Builders

  • SAFETY

  • STEP - The Safety Training Evaluation Process: YOU NEED IT

  • EDUCATION

  • First-Aid/CPR/AED Trainings
  • Virtual Confined Space Entry Training

  • WEBINARS

  • RESCHEDULED: What to Do When DOB Visits the Jobs Site - Part 2

  • EMPIRE STATE CHAPTER RESOURCES

  • National's COVID Vaccine Toolkit
  • COVID-19 Resources
  • COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility
  • Employee Retention Tax Credit
  • Paycheck Protection Program

The Nuts & Bolts

SAVE THE DATE!
Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence in Construction!
The Empire State Chapter of ABC will celebrates 50 years of excellence in construction this September!



9/30/21
The Otesaga Resort Hotel
Cooperstown, NY
NYS Senate Passes HEROES Act

  • Unnecessary regulations/mandates for small businesses
  • Requires employers to allow "workplace safety committees"
  • Could limit number of customers allowed in establishment at one time


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In the News
ABC's Sampson Opposes Wage Theft Legislation
Tells unions and other third-parties to stay out of it
Gary LaBarbera Takes Over New York Building Trades Statewide

In the months following the indictment of James Cahill, president of the state's Building and Construction Trades Council, authorities accused the labor leader of having "extensive ties to members of organized crime." The BCTC's executive board...

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therealdeal.com
ABC's Empire State Chapter Reaches 45 Million Readers
NY Post runs Sampson's words against Biden's "American Jobs Plan"
New York City's in trouble and other commentary

At The Wall Street Journal, Richard Ravitch - who helped guide Gotham out of near-bankruptcy in the 1970s - warns that the city "has never been in serious trouble until now." Back then, it borrowed for operating expenses and needed federal help...

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nypost.com
CDC Issues New Guidance on Hygienic Protocals
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Science Brief: SARS-CoV-2 and Surface (Fomite) Transmission for Indoor Community Environments The principal mode by which people are infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is through exposure to respiratory droplets carrying...

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www.cdc.gov
Government Affairs & Advocacy
New York State HEROES Act Passes Senate
Impacts of this legislation include:

  • Creates an unnecessary regulatory framework for employers and subject them to potential civil penalties and additional costs;

  • Mandates the Departments of Labor and Health to implement minimum standards for workplace safety, enforceable through significant fines;

  • Regulations must include protocols on testing, PPE, social distancing, hand hygiene, disinfection, and engineering controls. Employers would be permitted to establish individual regulations for their businesses that exceed state requirements;

  • Requires employers to permit ‘workplace safety committees’ –mandate the composition and duties of such a committee in identifying and remedying workplace safety issues and can report the company. Applies to all companies 10 employees and more;

  • Could potentially limit the number of customers inside a business at one time in order to limit the risk of contagion; and

  • Sets standards for personal protective equipment, social distancing among employees and standards for disinfecting workplaces.
Rep. Chris Jacobs Testifies Before House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
Calls for Scaffold Law Reform
REMINDER: COVID-19-related Tax Credits for Paid Leave Extended to September 30
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

This law extends tax credits for private employers with 499 or fewer U.S. employees that voluntarily decide to provide emergency paid sick and/or family leave according to the otherwise-expired standards in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and Emergency Family Medical Leave Expansion Act.

Tax credits apply to qualifying leave taken from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021. Read the Littler Mendelson article to learn more.
Call to Action: Support The Fair and Open Competition Act
The Fair and Open Competition Act has been reintroduced in Congress. This legislation protects federal and federally assisted construction contracts from government-mandated project labor agreements and will allow merit shop contractors to have a fair chance at competing to rebuild America.

After the bill was introduced, an ABC-led coalition of 17 construction industry and business associations sent a letter to congress in support of the bill, urging them to immediately pass this common-sense legislation.

ABC Chapters and members can take action to urge their representatives to sign on as a cosponsor by clicking the button below:
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