Items Tagged with 'legislation'

The federal shutdown may be over, but its freeze on the PERM labor certification process is still disrupting roofing contractors’ hiring timelines. Here’s what contractors need to know and how to prepare before the next shutdown.

With the nation facing a shortage of millions of homes and mortgage rates stubbornly high, builders, contractors and suppliers find themselves caught between soaring demand and an increasingly challenging economic environment. 

With the federal government shut down, critical job market data is offline — and new numbers from Indeed suggest construction employment has fallen to its lowest level in years. 

The NRCA is urging roofing contractors to advocate for H.R. 5494, a bipartisan bill creating a new visa program to ease chronic labor shortages in construction.

The federal government's shutdown will primarily impact federal contractors and subcontractors, but other contractors will also experience disruptions and a reduction in OSHA enforcement if the shutdown continues.

GAF Roofing Academy earns DoD SkillBridge accreditation, opening career pathways for veterans while supplying the roofing industry with trained talent.

A tense standoff between protestors and ICE agents attempting to arrest roofing workers in New York shows the growing tension around immigration enforcement that is affecting the roofing industry and its workforce.