On March 6, 2017, on a narrow straight party line vote of 49–48, the U.S. Senate passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) Joint Resolution of Disapproval, which moots Executive Order (EO) 13673, "Fair Pay and Safe...more
It’s not quite time for federal contractors to pop the cork and pour the champagne, but it may be time to get out the flutes and chill a bottle.
The new Congress has taken the first step toward extinguishing the...more
Court Upholds Employer’s Dreadlock Ban Finds Grooming Policy Did Not Violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act -
A federal appellate court recently held that an employer’s policy banning dreadlocks did not constitute...more
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At last, we have a little good news for government contractors. By a vote of 34–28 taken late in the evening on April 27, 2016, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) adopted a measure that would block the application of...more