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July 12, 2012

Fed contractor hiring proposal gets chilly reception

  • The Department of Labor is recommending contractors on federal jobs have 7 percent of their workforces consist of disabled persons or veterans.
    • By SAM BENNETT
    Special to the Journal

    With the economy in recovery mode, construction association leaders are leery of federal regulations that could make it harder to do business.

    So when the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs proposed updated rules for contractors late last year, the reaction by agencies such as the Associated General Contractors of America was chilly.


     
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