The Background: The Inflation Reduction Act ("IRA") created or enhanced various tax credits for qualifying renewable energy projects. However, a taxpayer loses 80% of otherwise-available IRA credits unless prevailing wage...more
7/5/2024
/ Apprenticeships ,
Clean Energy ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Energy Projects ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
IRS ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
Wage and Hour
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The Background: The Inflation Reduction Act provides for robust tax incentives on qualifying renewable-energy construction projects. In order to claim the full amount of such tax credits on qualifying projects,...more
10/11/2023
/ Apprenticeships ,
Clean Energy ,
Comment Period ,
Construction Workers ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
IRS ,
NLRA ,
Popular ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Energy Incentives ,
Tax Credits ,
Wage and Hour
The Situation: Seventeen states and the District of Columbia filed suit in the Southern District of New York seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the U.S. Department of Labor's ("DOL") new joint employer...more
9/17/2020
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Joint Employers ,
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) ,
New Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Wage and Hour