Oregon Senate Bill 426 (SB 426) — passed in 2025 and made effective January 1, 2026 — makes general contractors ("GCs") jointly and severally liable for unpaid wages owed by any subcontractor at any tier on their construction projects. Workers can now sue you directly — and recover their attorney fees — for wage violations committed by a sub you've never met. That's not a hypothetical. That's the law — effective now on Oregon construction projects. What Changed — and Why It M

By: Connie Fort In our first installment of "Connie's History Corner", we covered the Davis-Bacon Act. This law, and the subsequent...

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by Marisa Van Wie, Owner/Founder/CEO of NCC What do we know about “Turnkey Projects”? From our seat in WA State, we understand a...