As members of Associated Builders and Contractors, we are helping employers create safer cultures, provide education to identify and help those at risk, raise awareness about this crisis and normalize conversations around suicide and mental health. Other resources available to employers include free suicide prevention training, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline call center, the Crisis Text Line and the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention. CIASP is dedicated to changing the statistics by educating and equipping organizations, industry service providers and construction professionals to STAND Up for suicide prevention and address it as a health and safety priority. https://www.preventconstructionsuicide.com/

On Dec. 2, in a win for ABC and its members, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs published a notice that the U.S. Department of Labor’s flawed final rule overhauling its apprenticeship regulations has been withdrawn.