Posts by Jenny Harris

SLDF Moving the Ball for Subcontractors in Texas! June 18, 2024 – At the urging of the American Subcontractors Association’s Subcontractor Legal Defense Fund and other concerned parties, the Texas Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up the Third Coast Services & Spawglass Construction v Castaneda case. The dispute involved a multi-vehicle accident on…

The House Small Business Committee Unanimously Approves the Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act Reps. Alford (R-KS) and Mfume (D-MD) legislation entitled “the Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act,” H.R. 8014, was unanimously approved by the House Small Business Committee with a vote 23-0.  The legislation would bring clarity to small…

Update on Pending OSHA Rules As we head into summer, we would like to share several recent updates coming out of OSHA: OSHA Heat Standard Under OMB Review – On June 11, OSHA submitted its proposed rule establishing a federal heat injury and illness prevention standard for indoor and outdoor work settings to the Office…

This Week in Congress The congressional summer schedule is upon us with the House and Senate each slated to be in session just three of the next six weeks. The Senate voted on in vitro fertilization legislation and the House voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt.  Additionally, the House voted on the…

Federal Deficit Increases Per the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the federal deficit increased to $1.2 trillion for the first eight months of this fiscal year, an increase of $38 billion from the shortfall recorded during the same period last year. Spending grew by $332 billion, or 8 percent, from October through May, compared to the…

Click here to register for this webinar today! Upcoming ASA Webinar: DOL’s New “Salary” Threshold Overtime Rule Join us on June 18th, 2024 at Noon Eastern for the upcoming ASA webinar, DOL’s New “Salary” Threshold Overtime Rule, presented by Bill Ford of SESCO Management Consultants. Is your organization ready for the upcoming changes to the…

This Week in Congress Congress returned this week animated by partisan messaging rather than collaboration over major legislation.  The Senate considered nomination votes and voted on the Right to Contraception Act, timing the vote in advance of the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the right to an abortion.  The House…

Next Week: ASA Legislative Fly-In to Washington, D.C. On June 11th and 12th, 29 ASA members from across the nation will be in Washington, D.C. to meet with their elected members of Congress to seek support for the “Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2023,” H.R. 2726, which requires prompt payment to contractors for…

ASA Urges Delaying the Overtime Rule ASA, along with the Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity (PPWO), requests that the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) stay the effective date of its overtime final rule published in the Federal Register on April 26, 2024, (89 FR 32842) to allow for judicial review, as the rule is currently…

ASA Supports the Short Line Railroad Relief Act As we continue to manage supply chain disruptions within the construction industry, ASA joins the short line railroads in their quest to receive immediate financial relief after natural disasters. These railroads transport a range of products from various industries including manufacturing, agriculture, energy, chemicals, minerals, metals, timber,…