Yesterday, the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of State (OIG) issued a report on its review of the use of confidentiality agreements and policies by Department of State contractors. In preparing the report, OIG sent a five-question survey to the 30 contractors with the largest Department
March 2015
President Obama Urged to “Ban the Box” for Federal Contractors
In a letter this past week, nearly 200 interest groups urged President Obama to issue an executive order “banning the box” for federal contractors and to implement other “fair chance” hiring reforms protecting ex-offenders. “Ban the box” refers to a movement that has swept across state and local legislatures in…
19 Democratic Senators Urge DOL To Implement Fair Pay And Safe Workplaces Executive Order
On July 31, 2014, President Obama signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (the “Order”), which imposes additional disclosure and compliance obligations on federal government contractors with contracts valued at $500,000 or more. Among other things, the Order will require contractors to disclose violations of numerous labor, employment,…
UPDATE: OFCCP Announces New Date For Webinar On The Implementation Of New LGBT Regulations
As we posted earlier this week, OFCCP will be presenting a webinar for government contractors on the new LGBT regulations that go into effect on April 8, 2015. OFCCP has changed the date of the webinar to March 24, 2015 from 2:00-3:30 EDT (it had been scheduled for March…
OFCCP Announces Webinar On The Implementation Of New LGBT Regulations
As regular readers of our blog are well-aware, on July 21, 2014, President Obama signed an Executive Order banning workplace discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (“LGBT”) workers of federal contractors. OFCCP regulations implementing the Executive Order will go into effect on April 8, 2015. Prior posts on both…