Continuing Education

This class is for anyone responsible for ensuring that their company has a workforce compliant with Skilled & Trained Workforce (STW) guidelines. STW is not just a compliance issue; it’s a competitive issue that increasingly favors those who get up to speed early. In 45 minutes, you and your team will clearly understand the STW framework, get clear steps on the fastest ways to get compliant, and learn how to respond effectively to STW compliance requests.

Learn how to craft a strategy that ensures your company thrives through transitions. Uncover how to identify critical roles, define performance paths, and nurture internal talent for future leadership. This session is your toolkit to create a robust framework that not only prepares your firm for change but also fortifies its growth for the long haul. Join us to transform your succession plan from an abstract idea to a concrete reality.

Join Eric Anderton as he sits down with a leading expert to unpack the ESOP model. This discussion focuses on clarity and strategy, providing actionable insights for integrating employee ownership into your company’s vision.

Learn how ESOPs can boost motivation, support your operational goals, and safeguard your firm’s future.

Contractors are, unfortunately, easy targets for all kinds of legal claims. But did you know that your CBAs contain provisions that, if used correctly, can deter, divert, or eliminate PAGA and other employment-related claims?

Join United Contractors along with our legal partners Paul Simpson of Simpson, Garrity, Innes, & Jacuzzi, and Brent Garrett of AALRR on mitigating and prevail in outside claims. 

This course, presented by Workers Comp experts, will cover best practices for contractors around dealing with Workers comp, including the value of Workers Comp Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs available to union contractors, union agreement provisions that can help limit lost work days and impacts to your mod rate, and strategic guidance for contractors from a former Workers Comp judge. 

Get up to date with new construction industry employment laws affecting your organization’s policies and practices. This program will discuss new laws and court decisions and provide strategies on how to implement new requirements at your company. 

What You Will Learn

• Review the labor & employment laws that were passed in 2022 that will affect the Construction Industry
• Discuss what the new laws mean for you.
• Discuss the implementation of the new requirements

Target Audience

UCON Members
 

Get up to date with new construction industry employment laws affecting your organization’s policies and practices.

This program will discuss new laws and court decisions and provide strategies on how to implement new requirements at your company. 

What You Will Learn

• Review the labor & employment laws that were passed in 2022 that will affect the Construction Industry
• Discuss what the new laws mean for you.
• Discuss the implementation of the new requirements

Target Audience

UCON Members
 

Under SB 1343, all California companies with 5 or more employees must provide sexual harassment training to all employees. Non-supervisory employees must receive at least one hour of sexual harassment training, and supervisors must receive at least two hours of sexual harassment training.

This training must be renewed every two years and provided to new hires within six months of their hire date or promotion to a supervisory position.

This class is all about strengthening your business by taking relationships seriously, inside and out.

This is a no-fluff, action-oriented workshop where you’ll roll up your sleeves and learn how to assess, improve, and sustain the key relationships that matter most. You’ll walk away with practical steps to build trust, add value, and set up a network that works as hard as you do.

This course, presented by Workers Comp experts, will cover best practices for contractors around dealing with Workers comp, including the value of Workers Comp Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs available to union contractors, union agreement provisions that can help limit lost work days and impacts to your mod rate, and strategic guidance for contractors from a former Workers Comp judge. 

This class is for anyone responsible for ensuring that their company has a workforce compliant with Skilled & Trained Workforce (STW) guidelines.

STW is not just a compliance issue; it’s a competitive issue that increasingly favors those who get up to speed early. In 45 minutes, you and your team will clearly understand the STW framework, get clear steps on the fastest ways to get compliant, and learn how to respond effectively to STW compliance requests.

Unexpected overtime can make or break your bottom line.

Yet, the rules are easy to misinterpret or take for granted, causing cost creep and wage claims. Join this class to make sure your team knows how to take advantage of overtime and Special Single Shift (SSS) rules under the Laborers, OE3, Carpenters, and Cement Masons Master Agreements.

You’ve built your company by taking risks and winning big, but now you’re a fish out of water—stuck using an old-school leadership playbook that doesn’t work with a diverse workforce shaped by COVID, TikTok, and economic insecurity.

The command-and-control approach is dead.

This workshop shows you how to shift into coaching mode—helping you and your senior leaders bridge the generational gap, connect with your team, and keep your business thriving.

Unexpected overtime can make or break your bottom line.

Yet, the rules are easy to misinterpret or take for granted, causing cost creep and wage claims. Join this class to make sure your team knows how to take advantage of overtime and Special Single Shift (SSS) rules under the Laborers, OE3, Carpenters, and Cement Masons Master Agreements.

Love them or hate them, PLAs are an increasingly common feature of the industry and one that contractors need to get more sophisticated at to survive. If you or your organization is not confident in how to navigate PLAs, you’re not alone. UCON can show you how through this short training that will teach participants how to quickly read and interpret PLAs, anticipate issues, and effectively maneuver through targeted hiring and other requirements.

Are we doing enough to invest in mental health and “mental resiliency”?

What does it actually mean to be emotionally fit and psychologically hardy? With increasing demands to do more with less and perform with polish, people need coping tools and emotional inoculation to get them through challenges. This keynote looks at the issue of mental wellness and gives participants the tools to help themselves and others sustain a passion for living over the long haul.

Hosted by UCON & AGC

Jointly hosted by United Contractors and AGC, this webinar will examine the expiration of the Construction Trucking Exemption at the end of 2024 and expl

What must Project Engineers know and do to become truly great Project Support Specialists? 

Whether you are validating current practices, searching for new techniques, or learning from the ground up, this workshop covers all the essentials. 

From discovering the role of Project Engineers to methodically working through common tasks required for success, participants will benefit from the vast experience of the instructors and the practical advice and work sessions offered.

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Effective communication lies at the heart of successful leadership. This workshop serves as a dynamic platform to equip leaders with the essential skills and strategies needed to excel in their leadership journeys, by cultivating a culture of open and effective communication within their organizations. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of effective communication principles and strategies, allowing them to inspire and guide their teams with clarity, empathy, and purpose.

Whether you are validating current practices, searching for new techniques, or learning from the ground up, this workshop covers all the essentials. What must Project Engineers know and do to become truly great Project Support Specialists? 

From discovering the role of Project Engineers to methodically working through common tasks required for success, participants will benefit from the vast experience of the instructors and the practical advice and work sessions offered.

Limit 25 Participants

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