Virginia High Court Rules Wage Theft Law Does Not Cover Commissions January 6, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson The Virginia wage theft statute does not extend to protect employee commissions, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The Virgibia...
South Texas Homebuilders Warn ICE Arrests Have Upended Industry December 24, 2025 By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune One morning in mid-November, Mario Guerrero, the executive director of the South Texas Builders Association, was checking a group chat...
Construction Supervisor on Maryland Projects Admits to Stealing Wages October 7, 2025 A York, Pennsylvania construction supervisor pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme that defrauded construction workers of wages on University...
Construction Projects Facing Delays Under Threat of ICE July 28, 2025 By Tim Reid Under a broiling Alabama sky a frustrated Robby Robertson, a construction site superintendent, surveys an 84,000 square foot, mostly built...
UK Sets Out Reforms to Address Failures in Grenfell Tower Fire February 28, 2025 By Damian Shepherd The UK set out a raft of reforms designed to improve building safety, as it aims to clamp down on...
Ghosts of Grenfell Disaster: No Penalties for UK Firms That Used Flammable Cladding January 6, 2025 By Tom Bergin When the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze in 2017 led to revelations that high-rise public housing buildings across Britain were wrapped...
Construction Owners Accused of Submitting Fraudulent Bonds for New York Storm Projects June 20, 2023 Federal officials report they have charged two construction company owners with submitting fraudulent bonds in connection with storm recovery and...
Accountant Charged With $10 Million in Construction Workers’ Compensation Fraud May 9, 2023 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. announced two indictments of a certified public accountant for defrauding the New York State...
35% of Workplace Injuries Occur During First Year: Travelers May 3, 2022 A new study by Travelers of workers compensation claims found that 35% of injuries occur during employees’ first year on...
NBIS Adds SCOR Companies as Market for Specialized Transport, Heavy Haul Industry September 17, 2020 NBIS, a provider of specialty construction insurance and risk management will now offer coverage for the specialized transportation/heavy haul industry...