Articles Tagged with ''Workforce''

At the 2025 AHR EXPO, organizations discussed the initiatives they’re taking to tackle the workforce shortage including bringing awareness to the industry, emphasizing company culture, providing necessary up-to-date training, and embracing technology and AI to ultimately, bring more bodies in. 

This initiative reflects NTI’s commitment to providing consistent, high-quality career support to ensure graduates are well-prepared for the workforce.

2025 is set to usher in a wave of refrigerant regulatory changes and contractors are bracing for what’s promising to be a transformative year.  

Going forward, federal prime contractors will need to file bid protests to get out of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs), Brubeck of ABC says.

This three-year collaboration aims to tackle the growing skills gap in the trades as the industry faces a significant wave of retirements, often referred to as the "silver tsunami."

A federal court has struck down President Biden's mandate requiring project labor agreements on large federal construction projects, but some cities continue to embrace PLAs.

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A shortage of skilled labor is expected to continue. The Housecall Pro survey found that 60% of responding trades professionals said the shortage has impacted their business, and 86% said that their biggest hiring challenge is a lack of qualified candidates.