DOL is issuing so-called non-standard Service Contract Act (“SCA”) wage determinations (“WDs”) using a numbering scheme which deceives contractors and results in inadvertent violations of the rules regarding furnishing of health & welfare (“H&W”) benefits.

The Trump Administration just revoked a Biden-era Executive Order that, among many other things, led to a ban on noncompete clauses in employment agreements. A Texas injunction rendered the FTC’s regulation a dead letter. President Trump’s order just made that dead letter deader.

Are workers who perform testing, adjusting and balancing (“TAB “) work on heating, ventilating, and air conditioning  (“HVAC”)  systems “laborers or mechanics” to whom Davis-Bacon requirements may be applicable? Under what circumstances is TAB work on HVAC systems part of the construction, alteration, and/or repair on a DBA-covered project, and hence subject to DBA labor standards?