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The 2024 Congressional Fly-In saw HARDI members visit the offices of 98 members of the House of Representatives and 39 members of the Senate to raise awareness of the legislative and regulatory issues that impact HVACR distribution.

The new overtime rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has huge implications for HVAC contractors, and they start July 1, 2024.

In recent years, the cost of HVAC equipment has increased significantly, and regulatory changes, such as the phase-down of R-410A, will make the new A2L units even more expensive.

The DOL released its final overtime rule which expands overtime protections increases the minimum salary thresholds required to exempt a salaried bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employee (EAP) from federal overtime pay requirements.

Despite all the turmoil and uncertainty in today’s climate, Lennox’s CEO Alok Maskara sees many silver linings on the road ahead.

The EPA has finalized SNAP Rule 26, which lists 10 alternative refrigerants as acceptable with use conditions for commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment.

After it was announced that the United States would be increasing tariffs on $18 billion of imports from China, including steel and aluminum products, experts are divided on exactly what that will mean for the HVAC industry.

There’s a long way to go before a national decarbonization policy could be successfully implemented.

For a national decarbonization policy to actually not be only implemented, but to be accepted by the entire HVAC industry and the world around/within it, it’s going to require a lot of things, and take a long time.