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A closer look at a disputed noncompete agreement as the FTC issues a ban on most such pacts.

Building Design+Construction's monthly Market Intelligence Report offers a snapshot of the health of the U.S. building construction industry, including the commercial, multifamily, institutional, and industrial building sectors. This report tracks the latest metrics related to construction spending, demand for design services, contractor backlogs, and material price trends.

Numbers released from the Associated Builders and Contractors show half a million construction jobs need to be filled nationwide just this year to meet the demand.

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Effects of heat are expected to worsen after bill prohibiting municipalities from enacting shade and water protection is passed

No obvious out for those who have already been working

Industry gained 9,000 jobs in April, compared with 40,000 added in March.

<strong>Career and Technical Education construction programs immerse Oregon high school students in the construction trades. What challenges await this next generation of builders?</strong>

Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: lawsuit challenges Minnesota’s ban on ‘captive audience’ meetings; labor standards board votes on minimum wages for nursing home workers; Minnesota House passes stricter rules on misclassification; immigrant farm workers sue employer; Lakeville teachers announce strike; Minneapolis […] The post Lawsuit challenges Minnesota’s ban on captive audience meetings &#x2...

An analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has shown nonresidential construction spending to have increased moderately by 0.2% in March. It follows Februarys decline of 1.0%. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending now...