• Complaints from companies echo warnings raised at the national level by Associated General Contractors about a proposed rule for hiring veterans and disabled workers.
• Contractors want to avoid getting involved in "cumbersome contracts," and, "You don't have a lot of small businesses in New Jersey that can meet the standard," MZM Construction & Management Co. President Marjorie Perry said.
• ACG says the Obama administration has grossly underestimated compliance costs, and Perry asked what companies should do if they cannot find a veteran or a disabled workers with a particular skill they need for a job.

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A proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to increase disabled- and veteran-worker hiring quotas for federal contractors has raised concerns among New Jersey firms already faced with mounting regulations. ...