banner002_1012882.jpg
September 2023
read_2470382.jpeg
IRS Releases Proposed Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements
Late last month the Internal Revenue Service released proposed rules implementing the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements included in the Inflation Reduction Act for certain ‘green’ energy projects. The proposed rules primarily place the onus for meeting these requirements on the taxpayer in order to receive the bonus tax incentive.
read_2470382.jpeg
NRLB Adopts De Facto ‘Card Check’ Standard
The National Labor Relations Board recently adopted a new standard in a case known as Cemex requiring an employer to recognize and bargain with a union designated by the majority of its employees unless the employer requests a secret ballot election. The election will be dismissed if in the process, the employer is found to have committed an unfair labor practice and will be required to bargain with the union.
DOL_logo_2025232.png
DOL Proposes to Increase Overtime Threshold
The Department of Labor is proposing to increase the minimum salary threshold for overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act to $55,068 per year, up from the current $35,568, which was just recently enacted in 2019. The proposal also includes an automatic update provision that would change the standard salary threshold every three years. Comments on the proposed rule are due on November 7.
read_2470382.jpeg
OSHA Released Proposed Union Walkaround Rule
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a proposed rule that would permit an individual that “may be an employee of the employer or a third party” to join an OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officer as part of a job site inspection. This makes it possible for safety-focused inspection to turn into something that would become a tool for a union organizing campaign.
Renew Your 2023 Freedom Fund Sponsorship Today! 

The Biden administration continues to issue proposals through regulatory agencies that benefit big labor at the expense of the merit shop. Project labor agreements, pro-union appointees at the National Labor Relations Board, and changes to Davis-Bacon all threaten IEC’s contractor members. To continue to promote and protect the merit shop philosophy, IEC has rebranded its Political Education Fund as the IEC Freedom Fund. This fund is designed to give IEC more firepower in Washington to protect its merit shop electrical contractors.

 

read_2470382.jpeg

Want to see your chapter or company on this list?

Become a Freedom Fund Patriot Sponsor by donating online today!

Diamond          

Platinum

Gold

Silver

Bronze

CenTex IEC

IEC Atlanta/Georgia

IEC Florida West Coast

IEC Rocky Mountain

IEC Ft. Worth/Tarrant Co.

DPS Infrastructure Monitoring Systems

IEC Greater Cincinnati

IEC Texas Gulf Coast

IEC Northern New Mexico

Lakey Electric

Larcon Electric

Streb Electric

Williams Electric

Baker Brothers Electric

Innovatis Group

Progressive Technologies
It’s Free to Become an IEC Insider!

IEC Insider is the monthly newsletter that will keep you in the know in the world of politics in Washington. IEC PAC is IEC’s vehicle for supporting pro-business and pro-merit shop candidates for federal office. In order to receive this newsletter, you need only complete a quick online form which will permit IEC to tell you more about the PAC and enables you and senior executives from your company to contribute to IEC’s political efforts.

Get mobile alerts!

 Text ‘IECACT’ to 50457 and receive IEC Action Alerts directly on your mobile phone.

Follow IEC Government Affairs on Twitter
580b57fcd9996e24bc43c53e_1921874.png

Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc.
Phone: (703) 549-7351 Fax: (703) 549-7448 communications@ieci.org
Privacy Policy  www.ieci.org

Copyright ©2023 IEC. Inc. | All Rights Reserved 
ieclogofoot_1929583.png
Click
here to unsubscribe.