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Position Advertisement: Director, Finance Ohio Contractors Association
The Ohio Contractors Association (OCA) is looking to fill the position of Director, Finance. This is a full-time position. The successful candidate will oversee all major accounts of the Association and act as the Human Resources contact for the twelve (12) OCA employees. Primary duties include:
• Monitoring all Accounts Payable and monthly financials for all accounts;
• Accepting and entering payments and billing;
• Prepare for and participate in annual audits;
• Prepare payroll; • Maintain all personnel records and address personnel issues including pension, 401(k), health insurance, and payroll deductions; • Manage the Association’s Multi-Employer Pension Program which is offered to all OCA members;
• Serve as staff support and secretary for the Association’s Finance Committee;
• Prepare annual budgets; and
• Other related duties as assigned.
This position supervises one financial administrative assistant.
Mastery of QuickBooks and Microsoft Office products is required. Familiarity with ASI’s iMIS is a plus.
The successful candidate will possess a four-year college degree in accounting or finance and 4-years of experience. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of a college degree. Past experience dealing human resource issues in addition to the accounting component will be a huge plus.
Resumes should be sent to:
Chris Runyan, President Ohio Contractors Association 1313 Dublin Road Columbus, OH 43215
Resumes will be accepted until March 24, 2017 and should not exceed two typed pages.
Cleveland Iron Workers Approve Pension Cuts
Members of Iron Workers Local 17 in Cleveland have approved cuts to their pension benefits in an effort to keep their pension plan from going insolvent, and it's the fund's retirees who are going to take the hardest hit.
On January 27th the Treasury Department informed the plan's trustees of the voting results. It's the first time a multiemployer pension fund has conducted such a vote and now the first time a pension fund has been able to make benefit reductions under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act. Of the nearly 2,000 plan participants, fewer than half submitted a vote. That's significant because under the MPRA, not casting a vote is the same as voting to approve the pension cuts. Of the 936 members who did vote, two-thirds voted in favor of the cuts.
In December, the fund became the first to get Treasury's approval to proceed with the process of collecting votes on its proposal to cut benefits. All other pension funds that have asked for similar measures have been rejected by Treasury. Prior to the MPRA, pension plans were unable to voluntarily cut benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Benefit cuts, under the MPRA, are allowed only if the plan trustees determine that all reasonable measures to avoid insolvency have been and continue to be taken and that the suspension would allow the plan to avoid insolvency, assuming the suspension of benefits continues until it expires by its own terms or, if no such expiration is set, indefinitely.
Cuts can be made to no more than 110 percent of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's limits for multiemployer plans. Opponents of the MPRA's benefits reduction provisions are concerned that other funds at risk of collapse will follow the Iron Workers’ path, rather than seek other methods to prevent insolvency. Four more applications are under review at Treasury, for the Automotive Industries Pension Fund, Bricklayers and Allied Craft workers Local 5 Pension Plan, New York State Teamsters Conference Pension & Retirement Fund and United Furniture Workers Pension Fund A. Nearly 70 other plans are in “critical and declining” status and therefore eligible to make cuts, according to the PRC.
Industries Say President Needs Time To Consider Silica Rule's Fate
The Trump administration deserves time to consider whether it should defend OSHA's silica exposure rule in court, several business groups are telling a federal appeals court. The alliance of more than 30 industry associations wants the court to delay for 60 days a series of deadlines for the rule's opponents and backers to present their arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Delaying the case would allow the Trump administration time to evaluate whether the Department of Labor will continue to defend all or parts of the silica rule. The arrival of the Trump administration “may alter how this case proceeds because the new administration may be open to resolving some or all of the issues” that the groups have raised, the motion said. The delay request comes as construction companies prepare to meet the rule's June 23, 2017 compliance deadline.
About 2.3 million workers are exposed to silica in workplaces and of those, about 940,000 are exposed to silica levels exceeding the new standard, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA said the rule will prevent 642 deaths a year and 918 moderate-to-severe silicosis cases.
In justifying a delay, attorney Bradford Hammock of Jackson Lewis PC's Reston, Va., office, told the court that other federal jurisdictions granted similar extensions in cases challenging Environmental Protection Agency and Affordable Care Act rules. “There would appear to be no good reason for the Court not to follow suit here,” Hammock said in his motion.
The groups opposing the rule in court include several construction company organizations, the National Association of Manufacturers and American Foundry Society. Unions supporting the rule, and in some instances asking the court to broaden the rule, oppose the delay. The current case schedule calls for industry groups and unions to submit briefs Feb. 24 and to file final briefs March 23. The industry groups want initial brief filing delayed to April 25 and final briefs pushed back to May 22. Oral arguments haven't been scheduled.
Conaway Conference Smoking Policy
The Ohio State University, where the Conaway Conference is held, is a smoke-free campus. Smoking is not permitted on any campus facility or grounds. Crossing High Street will take you to the off-campus area. Thank you!
2017 Northeast Ohio Real Estate and Construction Survey
Skoda Minotti is conducting its tenth annual survey of the Northeast Ohio real estate and construction industries. The goal of the survey is to provide professionals in the real estate and construction industries in Northeast Ohio with the invaluable insight into your industry. The survey has been streamlined to be respectful of your time while still gathering meaningful insight. Each one will take less than 10 minutes to complete. To thank you for completing the survey, Skoda Minotti will randomly select 1 of every 20 participants to receive a $50 Visa gift card. To complete either of the surveys, follow the links below:
• Real Estate Survey
• Construction Survey
To download a copy of the 2016 survey results, click here.
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