The Regulatory & Inflationary Threat
Heavy infrastructure enterprises are enduring severe margin compression. IRS enforcement of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) mandates stringent prevailing wage requirements, carrying devastating penalties for "intentional disregard"—$10,000 per worker plus triple back wages. Concurrently, DOL Joint Employer frameworks target standard construction subcontracting. If your project management software inadvertently logs hourly shifts for a subcontractor's crew, it instantly triggers vertical joint-employer liability and systemic co-employment lawsuits.