On Tuesday, April 11, 2023, Hesse Martone’s President and CEO Andy Martone presented information, advice and guidance on issues facing the construction industry as a result of the legalization of recreational cannabis and employment protections created for cannabis users by Missouri’s Constitutional Amendment 3 to the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractor’s National Association. Andy’s […]
St. Louis University School of Law students Kateri Busiek and Treston Marshall will be joining Hesse Martone as summer associates (although their work with the Firm will actually begin in the winter of 2022!). Kateri Busiek is a candidate for juris doctor in May 2024 and has a bachelor of arts in political science and […]
Trustees on multi-employer benefit funds owe their Funds a fiduciary duty to act exclusively to the benefit of their Fund and its participants. Fiduciaries who violate this duty can be liable for significant damages, and it is important that all trustees be aware of these duties. Hesse Martone provides trustee training to the management trustees […]
The Davis Bacon Act of 1931 requires that workers on federally funded public works projects be paid the prevailing area wage rates. On March 18, 2022, the Department of Labor announced a substantial overhaul of the Davis Bacon Act that will be the most significant expansion in the history of Davis Bacon. Hesse Martone President […]
Hesse Martone President and CEO Andy Martone presented an update on medical and recreational cannabis laws affecting construction employers in the State of Illinois to the Southern Illinois Builders Association. The Southern Illinois Builders Association’s primary purpose is to advance the construction industries through the strengthening of its members by enabling them to do collectively […]
Hesse Martone President and CEO Andy Martone presented at the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association’s annual convention to update IPLSA members on the status of Illinois law and to discuss survey work and the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act. The ILSPA is a not-for-profit organization representing the interest of the surveying profession in the State of […]
Hesse Martone President and CEO Andy Martone presented a workshop for the Southern Illinois Builders Association on COVID-19 and the issues related to construction contractors and subcontractors. The Southern Illinois Builders Association’s primary purpose is to advance the construction industries through the strengthening of its members by enabling them to do collectively what they cannot […]
On Monday, September 27, 2021, HesseMartone President and CEO Andy Martone will make a presentation to the Associated General Contractors of Michigan on the topic “Withdrawal Liability after the American Rescue Plan Act”. A link can be found here — https://web.agcmichigan.org/events/Withdrawal-Liability-After-the-American-Rescue-Plan-Act-and-the-Emergency-Pension-Plan-Relief-Act-219/details
HesseMartone Supports St. Louis’s Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition