10 Biggest Contractor Fines under Trump’s OSHA
Posted OnMay 8, 2018 byThe president’s administration may be reluctant to “shame” contractors, but it doesn’t seem unwilling to levy big fines. During the Obama administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration press releases that accompanied safety violation citations and notices of proposed fines were often of the “shaming” variety, according to Edwin G. Foulke Jr., former assistant secretary of…Read More…
Using ‘subs of subs,’ contractors able to evade liability in construction worker deaths
Posted OnMay 5, 2018 byAfter his brother died falling off the roof of a North Nashville home under construction, Hermenegildo Dominguez heard nothing from the roofing subcontractor. He heard nothing from the general contractor. Nothing from an insurance company. Typically, workers’ compensation would have covered $10,000 of funeral expenses, but Alfonso Dominguez, 60, was essentially off the books. It…Read More…
Crooked contractors: Sandy victims discover no background checks in NJ home improvement
Posted OnOctober 25, 2017 by► A loophole in the law allows convicted felons to receive state approval to do home improvement work ► A number of Sandy-affected homeowners who believed the state had done background checks on contractors hired a man who had defrauded others across the nation ► The convicted fraudster ripped off two dozen homeowners and employees…Read More…
Sandy contractor pleads guilty to $1.86M theft
Posted OnOctober 25, 2017 byTOMS RIVER – A former home improvement contractor who admitted Thursday to ripping off superstorm Sandy victims to the tune of about $1.86 million faces up to 10 years in a New Jersey state prison, a senior assistant prosecutor said. James “Jamie” Lawson, 42, under terms of a plea agreement with the Ocean County Prosecutor’s…Read More…
Tree company Asplundh to pay largest fine ever for hiring undocumented workers
Posted OnSeptember 29, 2017 byAsplundh Tree Experts, Co. pays largest civil settlement agreement ever levied by ICE
Posted OnSeptember 28, 2017 byUnion workers win $76M from Midtown construction firm that used alter-ego company to skirt collective bargaining (
Posted OnSeptember 21, 2017 byAmerica’s continued construction labor crisis
Posted OnSeptember 20, 2017 byBreaking down barriers: Pre-apprenticeship program works to open doors to skilled trades union jobs
Posted OnSeptember 3, 2017 byConstruction Worker Shortage Could Weigh on Harvey Recovery
Posted OnSeptember 1, 2017 byNEW YORK — A nationwide shortage of construction workers may slow rebuilding efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which caused extensive flood damage to homes and businesses and is set to be one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. Nine years after the housing bust drove an estimated 30 percent of construction…Read More…