Construction Blog

Any Illinois contractor or sub-contractor who has construction services performed for it by an individual, sole proprietorship or partnership that is not an employee of the contractor or sub-contractor must file a report by April 30, 2018 with the Illinois Department of Labor. The report must include the following Information: Contractor’s (or sub-contractor’s) name, address, business identification number; the name, address and business identification number of each entity or non-employee person providing services, along with total amount paid for services and materials and equipment during the taxable year.

New sex discrimination regulations recently announced by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance programs (OFCCP) go into effect August 15, 2016. According to the OFCCP, the new rules revise guidelines that were adopted in 1970 to address various forms of “sex discrimination” and fairness in today’s workplace, which includes discrimination based on an employee’s “gender identity.”