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Effective June 26, 2025, Colombia implemented Law 2466 of 2025, which directly impacts how companies engage and compensate SENA apprentices. If a company is looking to operate, continue operating, or expand in Colombia, it is...more
The U.S. Department of Labor just quietly launched one of the most sweeping deregulatory efforts in recent memory, advancing over 60 proposals that could reshape workplace rules across industries. From overtime and minimum...more
La Plenaria del Senado de Colombia el 17 de junio de 2025, aprobó en cuarto debate el proyecto de reforma laboral. La iniciativa pasará ahora a etapa de conciliación y aprobación final en ambas cámaras antes del 20 de junio...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (DOT) released regulations on Section 6418 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), on July 1, 2024, concerning the transfer of certain...more
Why did Congress provide bonus credits to a facility or a project that pays its workers “prevailing wages” and hires apprentices? Congress viewed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as a way to not only move the United States...more
On June 18, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations (Final Regulations) on the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements under Section 45(b)(7) (Prevailing...more
As covered in our prior alerts, the Inflation Reduction Act modified and reinstated existing renewable energy credits, enacted new renewable energy credits, and included a mechanism for certain tax credits to increase by a...more
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
On June 18, 2024, the US Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) issued final regulations (“Final Regulations”) establishing rules for taxpayers intending to satisfy the prevailing wage...more
On June 18, 2024, Treasury and the IRS released the final rule for compliance with the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements (PWA requirements) pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). This final rule...more
The Georgia General Assembly has passed HB 982, which would require the State Workforce Development Board to develop, approve, and publish an annual list of high-demand careers. This list would contain those careers that are...more
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development (DCED) awarded more than $18 million in grant funding to 36 recipients through the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program. Recipients include contractor groups...more
It is a new year, which means new employment laws for employers in the Pacific Northwest. The following is a brief overview of significant new laws and changes for Washington and Oregon employers (all effective January 1,...more
In Short - 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
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) provides increased tax credit or deduction amounts, in many instances a five-times-multiplier bonus, for taxpayers meeting prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements for certain...more
Please join us for our first fall 2023 episode of Wiley’s Federal Infrastructure Webinar Series, a series of webinars that will bring together attorneys from across the firm to discuss current developments relating to the...more
The Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued proposed regulations on August 29, 2023 for prevailing wage and apprenticeship (“PWA”) requirements applicable to clean energy projects...more
The U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and IRS issued proposed regulations (“Proposed Regulations”) on August 29, 2023, regarding increased credit or deduction amounts available under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022...more
Payment of a prevailing wage to workers and employment of apprentices are key requirements for renewable energy developers to obtain the various tax incentives for their projects provided by the Inflation Reduction Act of...more
Under the Inflation Reduction Act, employers claiming the available tax credits must pay Davis-Bacon prevailing wages, and meet certain apprenticeship requirements, to claim enhanced tax credits. As eligible projects take...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: This alert summarizes the IRS’s recent notice of proposed rulemaking on complying with prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements under the Inflation Reduction Act and explains key provisions...more
In its report, “Building for the Future: Advancing Equal Opportunity in the Construction Industry,” the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) identifies the challenges to diversity and inclusion in the industry...more
We have posted two previous articles about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity approving and advancing bills out of committee. In addition to the bills that we have already...more
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which marks the largest investment in clean energy in US history. Principally among its objectives, the IRA aims to (a) incentivize clean energy...more
As previously discussed in our blog Inflation Reduction Act: Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements, the Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”) restructured the tax credit system associated with qualified clean energy projects...more