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Join us next week at the 2nd Annual
Summit on Mental Health in Construction
The Minnesota Construction Coalition for Mental Health invites you to join us at the 2nd Annual Summit next Tuesday, November 28 at Ames Center in Burnsville. We'll be hearing from a panel on substance use and EAPs, from Jeff Horwitz (SAFE Project) on opioids in construction, and from our keynote, Richard Jones, with a message on "Safety on the Inside."
Optional Suicide Prevention Training is available from 1:00-2:30 p.m.
View the agenda here, and register here!
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Are you registered for the
AGC Holiday Reception?
Join us two weeks from today, on December 6 (4:30-7:30 pm, but come at 4:00 for the business meeting!) for the 2023 AGC Holiday Reception at Quincy Hall! This annual event is our chance to celebrate another wonderful year with our peers in the Minnesota construction industry.
Parking is included for attendees, with many surface lot spots available.
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2023 Jensen Award Recipients Announced
This AGC safety award began in 2003 as a tribute to Jeff Jensen, former owner of J.R. Jensen Construction Company (Superior, WI), and a strong advocate for field safety training, having served on the Duluth Safety Day committee for several years. The award is determined by the number of hours invested annually on safety training for each craft, supervisor/manager and subcontractor employee, as well as the company’s experience modification rate, total recordable incident rate, number of lost workday cases, and number of medical only cases.
Congratulations to the 2023 Recipients
(for hours worked in 2022):
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Category I
(0 – 149,999 work hours)
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Category II
(150,000 – 299,999
work hours)
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Category III
(300,000+ work hours)
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ESST Update
The earned safe and sick time statute takes effect on 1 January, 2024. This means that employers must a) give notice to employees of the ESST provisions, b) begin accruing ESST time and printing the time on paystubs, and c) update policies and otherwise comply with the statute by 1 January, 2024. We have recorded webinars to help guide you on ESST requirements. Plus, at Mike’s Thanksgiving Zoom Social next week, we’ll give an update on the status of the tentative agreement to waive these requirements for union employees and answer questions about that agreement (e.g. will alumni fall under the ESST statute or waiver?).
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Alumni Agreement
Watch your mail for union alumni agreements. These apply to employees who want to continue their union benefits but no longer perform the work of the trade (such as superintendents). Federal law requires a written agreement for the Taft-Hartley fringe funds to accept contributions on behalf of these employees and the alumni agreement fulfills this requirement. Carpenters’ joint benefits boards recently updated their agreement and mailed copies to signatories (get your Carpenters’ agreement to Cullen at Wilson-McShane ASAP), Laborers’ boards are in the process of creating a new agreement, and other trades may be following.
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Join the AGC Legislative Committee
Our Legislative Committee will be recapping last session, making policy recommendations, and looking ahead to the 2024 legislative session.
Contact Laura Ziegler to join the committee. All meetings are held at 11:00 AM via Zoom.
Upcoming Meetings:
Wednesday, November 29
Thursday, December 14
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Infrastructure Trends: The Art of the Roundabout
In just a quarter century, the number of roundabouts has increased 3,000 percent across the country. Roundabouts are growing in prevalence because of how they can effectively, efficiently, and safely move traffic. Numerous designs and geometric shapes allow roundabouts to seamlessly integrate into our transportation infrastructure. Roundabouts are an infrastructure trend that’s here to stay. Click here to read more
By Andrew Plowman, SR Project Manager
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2024 Minnesota Construction Summit
Have you seen the lineup of sessions at the 2024 Minnesota Construction Summit? From transition planning to tech innovations, and underground mapping to mental health, there's something for everyone at the Summit!
See all the Summit sessions.
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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Thom Mayer, Medical Director at the NFL Players Association
We work in turbulent times, where job stressors rise and resilience falls. It’s time we realize that all of us-at every level, on every team, at every job site are leaders, creating our own cultures by our actions. With lessons from his personal experience the speaker will weave lessons from 9/11, the NFL, and Ukraine to challenge and inspire you to lead all day-every day-in everything you do!
Come hear Dr. Mayer's message, "Leadership is Worthless, but Leading is Priceless: Changing Your Culture to Improve Your Team's Physical and Mental Health" on the first morning of the Summit!
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