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Georgia Legislature Passes Bill to Publish Annual High-Demand Career List

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The Georgia General Assembly has passed HB 982, which would require the State Workforce Development Board to develop, approve, and publish an annual list of high-demand careers. This list would contain those careers that are...more

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Explainer Things: Season 2 Episode 3

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It has been a busy time for us at Explainer Things. Awards season is over, but the fintech regulatory drama is in midseason form. The star of this episode is of course the Supreme Court’s decision on the future of the CFPB....more

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Labor Issues In Full Bloom This Spring for California Agriculture Employers: Here’s What You Need to Know

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California employers in the agriculture industry are facing challenges this spring after two major developments last month. First, new rules took effect requiring employers to provide a special written notice to H-2A...more

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The Department of Labor Has Your Business in Its Sights: Act Now to Prevent Costly Penalties Later

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President Joe Biden has signed off on the most recent government funding bill, which allocates $13.4 billion to the United States Department of Labor (DOL), including $260 million earmarked for the DOL’s Wage and Hour...more

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Beltway Buzz - October 2023

Shutdown Fallout: McCarthy Out. On September 30, 2023, the U.S. Congress acted quickly—and surprisingly—to pass stopgap funding legislation to avoid what looked to be an inevitable shutdown of the federal government. With a...more

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What Contractors Need to Know About a Government Shutdown

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WHAT: The odds of a federal government shutdown occurring increased significantly last week. Congressional gridlock is preventing even a continuing resolution to advance that would allow negotiations on a broader funding bill...more

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Construction Wage Requirements on Federally Funded Projects: New Labor Department Rule Updates Davis-Bacon Wage Requirements...

Developers and owners who obtain federal funds on construction projects and those contractors and trades performing work have long understood the impact of the Davis-Bacon Act (“DBA”) on their projects, particularly as it...more

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More Legal Mandates & Changes Impacting the U.S. Construction Industry: Department of Labor’s Updated Davis-Bacon & Related Acts...

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Hold onto your hard hat! What you thought you knew about federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage law is changing --- substantially changing decades of well-established rules, precedent and interpretations as to the applicability...more

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Labor Department’s Davis-Bacon Act Final Rule: Changes for Federal Contractors

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations final rule includes hundreds of pages of changes to the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) standards and is estimated to impact over...more

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A Guide to The U.S. Department of Labor's ‘New' Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations

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For the first time in 40 years, the Department of Labor (DOL) updated its interpretation and implementation of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts in new final rules. DOL’s new final rules concerning the prevailing wages and...more

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Changes Coming for Government Construction Contractors as DOL Revises Davis-Bacon Act Regulations

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On August 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) issued a Final Rule titled “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation” (the Final Rule), comprising 812 pages. The changes made in this Final...more

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Biden Administration to Overhaul Prevailing Wage Determinations for Federally-Funded Construction Projects

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The Biden Administration announced on August 8, 2023, the issuance of a final rule from the Department of Labor (DOL), Wage and Hour Division, that overhauls the prevailing wage pay requirements for construction workers...more

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OFCCP’s Congressional Budget Justification Is Chock-Full of Insights Into the Agency’s Future Plans & Past Performance

The 34-page OFCCP full fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 Congressional Budget Justification (“CBJ”) revealed key aspects of the agency’s future plans and past performance metrics. We reported last week that OFCCP’s FY 2024 budget...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: June 2022 #4

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 J. Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.11.2021 | Top Story: FBI Identifies Hackers Behind Pipeline Attack

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More details on that massive ransomware hack that hit Colonial Pipeline over the weekend. The FBI has confirmed that hacking group DarkSide was responsible and that it’s “looking for any ties the group might have to...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: April 2021 #2

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

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OFCCP Week In Review: January 2021

Special Edition Week In Review: Read all about it! While many of you were at holiday over the last two weeks, your federal government was not, and a lot of news hit the wire. So, we were there and can now report what you...more

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Policy Outlook: How The 2020 Election Outcomes Will Impact Your Business - Health Policy

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In this session, health law policy authorities discussed changes likely in 2021 in a Biden Administration and how these changes will impact business objectives and strategies for health industry stakeholders...more

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[Webinar] Policy Outlook: How The 2020 Election Outcomes Will Impact Your Business - November 5th, 12:00 pm - 2:15 pm EST

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Are you prepared for the critical impacts of the US election outcome to you and your business in 2021 and beyond? Join McDermott’s lawyers and our policy and lobbying team for perspective on the effects of administration...more

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COVID-19 – The Russian government’s measures to support the Russian economy

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Since March 2020, the Russian authorities have taken a number of measures to mitigate the effect of COVID-19 on the Russian economy. The range of measures is very broad. Some measures are directed at wide categories of...more

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Business Impact: UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – holiday entitlements, making claims and more updates…

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The development by HMRC of its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”), now extended in its operation until the end of June 2020, has involved numerous iterations of its guidance for employers and employees, the...more

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Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - March 2020 #5

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Congress Approves $8.3 Billion Coronavirus Emergency Funding. The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 6074) is headed for the President’s desk. Among other things, the bill...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Policy Proposals for Coronavirus Stimulus Measures

Trump Administration – President Donald Trump and his senior economic advisers are considering several additional measures to address the economic impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after signing an $8 billion...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Thought The Government was Closed? The Manufacturers’ Smorgasbord!

This week’s post is somewhat breathless because so much happened or is about to happen. You may have thought the government has been closed for the past 35 days. But just like great magicians who get you to watch their right...more

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Shutdown Ends for Now – What, When and How Can Affected Contractors Get Paid?

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It's official – the longest federal government shutdown in history is over, at least for now. For contractors whose work and payments were affected by the shutdown, the questions now are: what can we get paid for and how do...more

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