Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 28: Construction Compliance with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
DE Under 3: Contractors Have Second Opportunity to Comment on OFCCP’s Supply & Service Contractor Portal Information Collection
Preparing for Major Changes to DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise DBE Program
Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023
Successor Government Contractor Hiring Obligations Change: DOL’s Long Awaited Nondisplacement Rule
DE Under 3: What Federal Contractors Need to Know About OFCCP's New Audit Scheduling Letter
[Podcast] TikTok off the Clock: Navigating the TikTok Ban on Devices for Government Contractors
Partnering to Win: Teaming, Subcontracting, Joint Ventures, and Mentor Protégé Agreements
Construction Roundtable: Top 4 Legal Risks for Federal Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: OFCCP's Modified Proposal to Revise Scheduling Letter & Itemized Listing Revealed Via Newly Proposed Documents
Flow-Down Clauses in Federal Government Contracts - Tutorial 1 (Fundamentals)
Joint Venture Basics for Large and Small Contractors
Webinar: Trademarks and Government Contracting
Bidding for Major Contracts? Compliance Requirements You Should Prepare for Now
#WorkforceWednesday: Independent Contractor Rule Reinstated, OFCCP Targets Pay Equity Audits, OSHA Focuses on Health Care Facilities - Employment Law This Week®
Government Contractors: Preparing for OFCCP’s Affirmative Action Program Compliance Certification
DE Talk | OFCCP in 2022: Lean Staff, Big Goals & New Changes Afoot
Construction Webinar Series: Construction Contractors: Considerations in Subcontracting Plans and OFCCP Compliance
Construction Webinar Series: The Infrastructure Bill’s Impact on DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
There are proposed amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that will change employment practices for federal contractors in two ways. First, these amendments will prohibit federal contractors from seeking and...more
On 29 January 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that would prohibit federal contractors and subcontractors from seeking and considering information...more
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued a Proposed Rule, “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting,” on January 30, 2024. The Proposed Rule would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs), which...more
The Biden administration recently announced new pay transparency measures intending to reduce wage gaps based on gender and race. The White House unveiled these new efforts on January 29, which marked the 15th anniversary of...more
The Biden administration’s Fall 2023 United Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions included a variety of near and long term regulatory plans for federal agencies, including regulatory action for pay equity and...more
WHAT: The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council has published a proposed rule that would bar contractors and subcontractors from considering covered job applicants’ prior compensation and require disclosure of...more
On January 30, 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a Proposed Rule, “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting.”...more
On January 29, 2024, the Biden administration issued a Proposed Rule that would prohibit federal contractors from seeking and considering compensation history when making employment decisions and require contractors to...more
In recognition of the 15th anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the Biden Administration has released a proposal that would prohibit federal contractors from using a job applicant’s prior salary history when...more
On January 29, 2024, the 15th anniversary of the enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the Biden Administration announced that it would be taking new actions to implement the Executive Order on Advancing Economy,...more
In recognition of the 15th anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the Biden administration released on Monday, January 29th, a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that would prohibit federal contractors from using...more
On December 4, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council submitted a proposed rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting” to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. On...more
Construction employers should be mindful of the federal government’s renewed focus on combatting discrimination and harassment in the industry. A recent report from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...more
In 2022, federal and state laws regulating wages and hours of work continued to change and develop. In “2022 Wage and Hour Developments: A Year in Review,” we look back on significant wage and hour developments at the federal...more
In addition to digesting OFCCP’s release of a new directive on compensation, government contractors may soon see new regulations around inquiries into and the use of prior salary information. In conjunction with Equal Pay...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
Join members of Jackson Lewis P.C.’s Construction Industry Team for an overview of what to expect in key areas including workplace safety, pay equity and labor....more
Most employers are required to post the familiar EEO Is the Law poster. This is a friendly reminder that the OFCCP (Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs) also requires federal contractors and subcontractors subject...more
On August 25, 2016, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) and Federal Acquisition Regulatory (“FAR”) Councils published “Guidance for Executive Order 13673, ‘Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces’” (“final rule”). See 81 Fed....more
On August 25, 2016, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) and Federal Acquisition Regulatory (“FAR”) Council published “Guidance for Executive Order 13673, ‘Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces’” (“final rule”). Also...more
On August 25, 2016, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council published in the Federal Register its highly anticipated Final Rule regarding the so-called "blacklisting" procedures for federal contractors President...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Final Rules and Guidance on Executive Order 13673, “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” (aka “Blacklisting” Order) have been released. Despite robust comments from the contractor community, the Final Rule...more
Today, the Federal Acquisition Regulations Council (“FAR Council”) and the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its Final Rule and Guidance implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (the “Order”),...more