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Michael A. Branca conducts Webinar
Published Date: October 14, 2017
Michael A. Branca, a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office, along with the AGC’s Regulatory Counsel Jimmy Christianson will be presenting a WebEd seminar on January 19, 2017 from 3:30pm – 5:00pm titled “The 2017 Regulatory Road Ahead: What Construction Contractors Need to Know”. The seminar will address what pending or new regulations should be high on a construction company’s radar screen in the new year and what are the chances of President-elect Trump rolling back the last eight years of regulations. The webinar will provide an overview of an outlook for the 2017 regulatory landscape, touching on: the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Silica Rule and Injury and Illness Record Keeping Rule (Impacting Employer Drug Testing Procedures); the U.S. Department of Labor’s Overtime Rule; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule and Construction General Permit for stormwater discharges; the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Local Hiring Rule, Buy America Rules, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program; the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protégé Program and Lower Tier Small Business Subcontractor Counting Rule; the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (Blacklisting) Executive Order; and the Paid Sick Leave Executive Order.