Join ABC business partner GM on Aug. 25 at 1 p.m. for an exclusive GM Fleet event. Be among the first to hear about new products and services. Plus, get one-of-a-kind personalized opportunities that will help your business make the right decisions for your fleet. Add this event to your calendar today!

In lieu of the failed negotiations over additional relief funding from Congress, President Trump signed executive orders to provide expanded unemployment benefits, a temporary payroll tax deferral, eviction protection and student-loan relief.

ABC reported that its Construction Backlog Indicator declined to 7.8 months in July, a decrease of 0.3 months from the June reading, according to an ABC member survey conducted from July 20 to Aug. 5. Backlog is a full month lower than in July 2019.

You are invited to an exclusive South Central region election update on Thursday, Aug. 13, from 3-3:30 p.m. EDT. ABC National staff will be joined by Will McAdams, president of ABC Texas. This is an update you will not want to miss. Register today!

On this week’s episode of “The Bottom Line with ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu,” Anirban provides an update on nonresidential construction spending in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

On Aug. 3, an Obama-appointed federal judge in New York nullified key sections of the U.S. Department of Labor’s rules governing paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

On July 29, the National Labor Relations Board issued a proposed rule titled Representation-Case Procedures: Voter List Contact Information; Absentee Ballots for Employees on Military Leave, which proposes two amendments to the representation election regulations under the National Labor Relations Act.