Employment Law

Women have had an incredible impact on construction despite consistently comprising only a small percentage of the overall workforce. Their ingenuity and hard work have led to some of the […]

Minority fraud is the intentional or accidental misrepresentation of a workforce. In part one of this two-part series, we discussed the prevalence of minority fraud in the construction industry. Now,

There are a myriad of state and federal laws that must be followed in order for a construction firm to stay in business. Unfortunately, when it comes to laws that

It’s important that business owners consider whether or not they are misclassifying employees as independent contractors. When worker misclassification occurs, this results in local and federal government agencies receiving less

Since construction projects rely on many specialized professionals to perform certain tasks, construction companies must ensure they are compliant with laws related to the classification of their workforce. As we

Wage theft in construction is a crime that is committed at the expense of the hard workers of this industry, and it’s a crime that often goes unnoticed. When wage

Answering the question that this article’s title could be what saves you from an investigation from the United States Department of Labor (DOL). Worker misclassification and failure to properly pay

Keeping track of a construction laborer’s work hours can prove surprisingly difficult. Time spent on travel, training, unauthorized overtime, and rest and lunch breaks can easily go unnoticed. When that

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has been cracking down on back wages and overtime violations. In some cases, contractors are being forced to pay workers back tens of

In part one of this two-part series, the Knoxville construction attorneys at Cotney Construction Law discussed two important federal labor laws, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Davis-Bacon Act