WEBINAR: Navigating New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Compliance

July 9, 2025

The Mechanical Contractors Association of America’s Government Affairs Committee will hold a webinar July 24 at 2 p.m. Eastern time to help members understand the implications of President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

The session will focus on the requirements and potential consequences of the executive order for businesses in the construction industry, with an emphasis on maintaining compliance while preserving existing and potential federal contract work.

Gregory Ossi, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, will lead the discussion. Ossi advises employers on labor law and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)-related litigation matters in the energy production, mining, government contracting, hospitality, manufacturing, and construction industries. He counsels on issues including collective bargaining, mergers and acquisitions, union organizing, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, and retiree healthcare with an emphasis on multi-employer pension withdrawal liability.

Ossi also has experience negotiating Project Labor Agreements as well as retirement and healthcare plans pursuant to collective bargaining agreements. He has litigated labor and ERISA cases in federal courts in the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Texas, Kentucky and Virginia.

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