The AGC Labor and Employment Law Council held its 28th Annual Construction Labor Law Symposium April 19-20 in Washington, D.C. Attorneys and chapter labor relations managers from across the country in record numbers attended to learn about the latest developments in construction labor and employment law.
Council members and guest speakers provided presentations on a variety of timely topics, including:
- Preparing for and Defending an OFCCP Construction Contractor Audit
- Wage & Hour Compliance in the Construction Industry: Enforcer's Perspective
- Travel Time, Hours Worked, and Other Advanced Wage & Hour Issues Facing Construction Contractors
- Access to Private Property: Union & Employee Rights and Management Responses
- What is “Protected Concerted Activity” Today (Including Social Media Cases)?
- What is “Featherbedding” – Under the NLRA and Under Your CBA?
For the first time, the symposium also included a pre-symposium Multiemployer Pension Workshop, which focused on withdrawal liability issues, such as the legal roadmap of withdrawal liability, calculating withdrawal liability, and enforcement of a withdrawal liability assessment.
The symposium featured several prominent guest speakers from the federal government, including: Richard Griffin, member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Barry Kearney, associate general counsel for the NLRB’s Division of Advice; Jennifer Brand, associate solicitor with the U.S. Department of Labor; and Marvin Kaplan, workforce policy counsel with the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee.
Presentation handouts are posted in the
Labor & HR Topical Resources area of AGC's website, integrated into their respective topic areas. Access is free and exclusive to all AGC members and Chapter staff.
The AGC Labor and Employment Law Council is a special network of labor lawyers who represent AGC members and Chapters. The Council provides its annual symposium and other activities to facilitate the sharing of information and the best possible representation of AGC affiliates. To ensure that your in-house and outside labor and employment lawyers stay on the cutting edge, be sure that they are members of the Council.
For information about Council membership, click
here or contact Denise Gold at
goldd@agc.org or (703) 837-5326.
