As employers in the construction industry struggling to find the best workers to make you competitive, you have expectations about the graduates of construction management (CM) programs. The [...]
While there is no way to guarantee a “right hire”, there are three crucial criteria to establish and integrate into a recruiting process that will get you close:Personality Traits: will they [...]
The NLRB issued a decision on February 21, 2023, ruling that employers cannot include broad confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in their severance agreements.
As a business owner, two of your most important assets are your employees and your leadership team, especially in today’s construction industry. Here are five common mistakes that business owners [...]
DJI currently has 135 contracted apprentices in the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Wisconsin Apprenticeship program and has been a trailblazer of providing high school students with [...]
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay non-exempt employees overtime at a rate of at least one and one-half times their regular rate for time worked over 40 hours in any [...]
The U.S. construction industry has one of the highest rates of death by suicide; in 2018, there were 5,242 deaths by suicide among construction workers, which was five times higher than [...]
Mental health issues flourish in an environment of silence and machoism, and the construction industry seems to create a perfect storm. With its “suck it up” and “get it done” culture, the [...]
The skilled worker shortage isn’t going to be solved overnight, but if each member can do a few things to encourage individuals to explore what our industry has to offer, we can make some gains [...]
The business response to COVID-19 “fatigue” needs to be consistent with regular communication, and defined efforts to track and prevent infection among the workforce. Local health departments in [...]
