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The U.S. Dept. of Labor historically has expressed concern that the construction industry has low compliance rates with federal minimum wage and overtime requirements, as well as employee misclassification issues. On multiple occasions over the years, it has launched compliance and enforcement initiatives directly or indirectly aimed at the construction industry. Construction employers can expect those efforts to continue into the future. In its 2011-2016 Strategic Plan, the DOL reiterated its emphasis on so-called “fissured” industries, i.e., industries using business arrangements that, in the DOL’s view, cloud the realities of the employment relationship in order to dilute responsibility for Fair