May 2016

FHBA Receives NAHB Grand Award

The Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA) has won the NAHB Grand Award for Numerical Increase and Percentage Increase for our membership efforts in 2015. You can see the full lists of winners at nahb.org/annualawards. Special thank you to all the local home building associations throughout Florida. Without their hard work, this would have not been possible!

2016 Aurora Awards Sponsorship Opportunities

It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the Aurora Awards will take place at the Gaylord Palms Resort on Friday, July 29, 2016. We embark on what will be an extraordinary evening for the Building Industry and we are offering your firm the opportunity to participate and share in the recognition of what will be …

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NAHB, OSHA Settle Litigation on Confined Spaces Rule

After months of negotiation with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), NAHB finally reached a settlement agreement that resolves the association’s legal challenge to the agency’s Confined Spaces in Construction final rule. In general, the settlement clarifies that the rule has very limited application in the residential home building industry. The Q&A defines “residential home building” …

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NCCI’s Proposed Rates Bad for Home Building Industry

Today, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) announced its proposed increase of workers’ compensation insurance rates and attorney fee schedule, with the average insurance rate totaling 15%. This comes as a result of the Florida Supreme Court ruling on April 28, which found mandatory attorney fee schedule under the workers’ compensation system as unconstitutional. …

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Florida Task Force Will Tackle Construction Industry Labor Shortage

The state of Florida and the pool industry residing in it are making moves to address the crippling labor shortage that has plagued the construction industry since the Great Recession. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation is investing $50,000 into a Construction Industry Workforce Task Force. The think tank will include 22 members …

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Overtime for White Collar Workers: Overview and Summary of Final Rule

President Obama and Secretary Perez announced that the Department of Labor’s final rule will automatically extend overtime pay eligibility to 4.2 million workers. The rule will entitle most salaried white collar workers earning less than $913 a week ($47,476 a year) to overtime pay. This long-awaited update will provide a meaningful boost to workers, and …

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Outgoing State Lawmakers Emphasize Changes Ahead for Northwest Florida

A group of four state lawmakers addressed Okaloosa County Realtors and builders Tuesday morning at an event that felt a little like the beginning of a farewell tour. As state Sen. Don Gaetz pointed out to those assembled, a long-familiar Northwest Florida legislative delegation is going to look drastically different when state lawmakers next convene …

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