On September 15, 2017, the Department of Labor announced an increase in the minimum wage that certain federal contractors must pay to employees. This comes as part of a planned incremental increase in the federal contractor minimum wage implemented by President Obama’s 2014 Executive Order (the “Order”).
As discussed in
On September 30, 2016, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration issued an interim rule titled “Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information.” The interim rule implements Executive Order 13665 (the “Order”). The Order, which President Obama signed on April 8, 2014, prohibits federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their compensation. Our prior blog posts on the Order can be found here and here. The OFCCP published regulations implementing the Order on September 11, 2015. Our blog post on those regulations can be found here.
Yesterday, the Department of Labor announced an increase in the minimum wage that certain federal contractors must pay to employees. This comes as part of a planned incremental increase in the federal contractor minimum wage implemented by President Obama’s 2014 Executive Order (the “Order”).
As discussed in our previous blog
The Davis Bacon Act and the Davis Bacon Related Acts (collectively “DBRA”) and the Service Contract Act (“SCA”) impose additional obligations related to fringe benefits and wages on covered contractors. With the passing of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), there have been lingering questions as to how the mandate that
On February 1, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC’s”) proposed revisions to the Employer Information Report (“EEO-1”) were published in the Federal Register. Our original post on the anticipated release of this publication can be found here. With the publication, the EEOC also released a proposed
On November 19, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced that it reached a settlement with nine locations of a government contractor “to remedy systemic hiring and pay discrimination violations.” The contractor in question provides uniform and facility services products to private
On May 15, 2015, a group of Democratic Senators sent a letter to President Obama, urging him to provide incentives to federal contractors to become what they call “model employers.” According to the letter, model employers are contractors who provide “a living wage, offer fair healthcare and retirement benefits, grant
On Monday, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued a proposed rule that would bar federal contractors from firing or otherwise retaliating against employees or applicants for discussing their pay or the pay of their co-workers. The rule implements an executive order signed by President
Today, in connection with “Equal Pay Day” ceremonies at the White House, President Obama issued an Executive Order and a Presidential Memorandum aimed at ensuring that employees of Federal government contractors and subcontractors are not discriminated against with regard to compensation on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
The Presidential Memorandum directs the Secretary of Labor to propose rules requiring Federal contractors and subcontractors to submit to the Department of Labor (DOL) summary data on the compensation paid to their employees by sex and race. The rules must be proposed by August 6, 2014. President Obama expects the rules to enable DOL to direct enforcement resources toward entities for which reported data suggest potential discrepancies in worker compensation.
Connie N. Bertram, co-head of Proskauer’s DC Labor and Employment practice and co-head of the Government Contractor Compliance and Relations Group, was interviewed by Human Resource Executive regarding the impact of the government shutdown on government contractors. Ms. Bertram highlighted the dilemma facing contractors who received a stop-work