November 11-15 was National Apprentice Week. On Tuesday, November 12th BCIT held their Construction Apprenticeship Expo for BCIT students and Burlington County Middle School students. Representatives from all Construction Technology fields in Burlington County were on site with displays and job opportunity information, including the BAC ADC of NJ who had a hands on bricklaying demonstration. BAC Local #5 Apprentice Instructor Ren Engelhardt and Field Representatives Leon Jones, Jr., Lynn Canfield & Mario Cerrito, Jr. were on site to answer questions and assist with the demonstrations.
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CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FALSIFYING RECORDS
TO CHEAT WORKERS OUT OF $155,000 BY NOT PAYING PREVAILING WAGES
Many of the employees he cheated are believed to be undocumented immigrants
As released by Insider NJ on September 6, 2019.
TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that an Ocean County construction contractor was sentenced to prison today for purposely not paying prevailing wages on a government contract valued over $75,000. As part of his criminal activity, the contractor falsified payroll records for the public contract to cover up the fact that he paid most of his employees only a …
BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE! – COLD WEATHER MASONRY CONSTRUCTION
Masonry materials and their performance are affected by cold weather conditions. When temperatures hit 40*F Masonry Contractors should have a cold weather plan for implementing proper procedures for maximum performance of materials and safety of craftworkers in cold weather conditions.
Click Here for IMI’s Technology Brief on Cold Weather Masonry Construction or visit www.imiweb.org
Click Here for NCMA’s TEK 03-01C on All Weather Concrete Masonry Construction or visit www.ncma.org…
The Northeast Regional Spec-Mix Bricklayer 500 was held on October 10th at the IMI/BAC Training Center in Fairfield, NJ. Congratulations to our Member VIP Construction and their Mason/Mason Tender Team who took First Place. Good Luck on February 5, 2020 when you complete in the Las Vegas World Championship at the World of Concrete/World of Masonry! Read More
The Pennsylvania & South Jersey Regional Spec-Mix Bricklyaer 500 was held on September 19th at the Xfinity Live Arena in Philadelphia, PA. Congratulations to our Member Dandrea Masonry and their Mason/Mason Tender Team who took Third Place. Read More…
Earlier this year our Executive Director, Carol Ciesielski, formed a Coalition of Trade Associations to address misclassifying employees as independent contractors and the entire underground construction economy in New Jersey.
In addition to Masonry Contractors of New Jersey, the other associations that currently comprise the Coalition are Associated Construction Contractors of NJ (ACCNJ), South Jersey Mechanical Contractors Association (SJMCA), Employing Bricklayers Association (EBA) and the NJ Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors (PHCC).
The Coalition’s contractor members alone have reported a loss of approximately 30% of their revenue each year in the private sector due to unfair and unlawful …
NJ Labor Department Issues First Stop Work Orders at Two NJ Construction Sites
Department Takes Action Against Employer Using Expanded Enforcement
Authorities Signed into Law by Gov. Murphy in July
As released by NJDOL.gov on September 17, 2019
TRENTON – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) issued work stoppage orders at two construction sites, managed by Three Sons Restoration, LLC. of Union, for wage violations – a first-of-its-kind action taken by the department after Governor Murphy expanded its enforcement authorities in July.
In accordance with N.J.S.A 34:20-7.1, NJDOL’s Division of Wage and Hour Compliance shut down …
MASONRY CONTRACTORS OF NEW JERSEY, ICE, IMI and OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS SAID NO TO IRAPs for the CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY!
The U.S. DOL is revising title 29 CFR part 29, Labor Standards for the Registration of Apprenticeship Programs, and proposed a new rule to expand apprenticeships in America to establish guidelines for third parties to certify IRAPs, Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs. IRAPs would allow industry organizations rather than the DOL to oversee these programs and take over much of the standard-setting that is currently done by the DOL and its state agencies.
IRAPS can pose a serious threat to the construction …
OAKLAND – A federal jury convicted Job Torres Hernandez of charges that he obtained forced labor from victims and harbored illegal aliens for commercial advantage or private financial gain, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent-in-Charge Ryan L. Spradlin. The conviction follows a ten day trial before the Honorable Jeffrey S. White, U.S. District Judge.
The evidence at trial demonstrated that since at least May 2015, Torres, 38, of Hayward, Calif., owned construction companies in Northern California at which he employed workers to whom he paid little to …
Bill No. A3666 was signed by Governor Murphy on January 3, 2019 and went into effect on May 1, 2019. The bill requires workers who are subject to “The Public Works Contractor Registration Act” to have completed or be actively participating in a registered apprenticeship program; an apprenticeship program that is registered with and approved by the United States Department of Labor and provides the trainee with combined classroom and on-the–job training in an occupation recognized as a trade and meets the program standards of enrolment and graduation under the Code of Federal Regulations.
Many of the states’ 10,000 plus …
Bill No. S2557, which concerns stop-work orders related to prevailing wage and construction worker employment, was passed in both houses with a vote of 37-1 and on July 9, 2019, was signed by the Governor to take effect immediately.
Contractors that are violating prevailing wage or any wage & hour laws are cheating their workers, law abiding contractors, and the State of New Jersey.
Bill No. S2557 provides the Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development the ability to investigate unfair business practices and issue stop-work orders.
Noted are some of the Bill’s regulations:
The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development…