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ECA, since 1976 has served underground and heavy construction professionals in Southern California providing leadership and education on issues important to our members’ success. Working to enhance continued development, ECA promotes a healthy construction environment through effective education of regulatory bodies from the contractor’s perspective and, informing the industry about ongoing regulatory and economic developments.
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Getting Budget Control Number One Priority
The State Legislature goes back into session next month. The number one priority should be to restore order to the state budget. The good news is that the state enters the New Year with a [...]
The Gifts We Are Given
Heading into the holiday season, it is time to think about the gifts we have received during this past year. First on the list is that we have survived what may be the strangest year [...]
An Optimist’s Dilemma
When this year ends, we won’t be spending a lot of time on the insanity we all had to live through, but instead, we are trying to find an optimistic view of the future. We [...]
ECA Magazine Feature Article
CALIFORNIA’S NEW COVID SICK LEAVE REQUIREMENTS
With increasing recent frequency in the construction industry, particularly with the holiday season upon us, some larger companies (those with 500+ employees throughout the country) are being caught unprepared in response to a flurry requests from their California employees for an additional 80 hours of supplemental paid COVID-19-related leave before the end of the year, and some of those requests are proving to be of dubious legitimacy.