The Texas Workforce Commission has approved a rule that allows online apps to classify their workers as contractors whether or not they meet the legal definition of an employee...
Government Actions
When the private sector does not address a major issue, the public sector will often step into the vacuum and do it. The construction industry has been slow to embrace the principles of social responsibility and sustainable value, focusing instead on whatever it takes to be lowest bidder. As a consequence of this, government is adopting policies that reshape the rules for the industry.
There’s new life to an effort to ban local governments in Texas from requiring that private employers provide paid sick leave. As we previously reported, what would have appeared...
The filmmakers behind The Rational Middle documentary series on immigration took their show on the road in Austin this past week with a screening of two of their...
Why Leaders In The Construction Industry Say Immigration Reform Could Solve Houston’s Workforce Woes
Over the past few decades, Chief Operating Officer for Marek Brothers Mike Holland has seen the construction industry change. He said that as baby boomers retire,...
Dallas Morning News business columnist Mitchell Schnurman this week explored the question of why business leaders in Texas are once again pushing for comprehensive immigration...
When 44 Associated General Contractors (AGC) Houston members representing 23 companies travelled to Austin for the AGC/Texas Building Branch (TBB) Legislative Day on February 25,...
The filmmakers behind the award-winning Rational Middle documentary series on immigration will showcase their work and host a discussion on the issue at an event next week in...
Texas Republicans are once again taking aim at government-mandated collective bargaining agreements on taxpayer-funded construction projects around the state. A legislative...
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Thursday told a group of business leaders and others gathered at Rice University that he’s proud to lead a city that’s...
