On March 14, 2025, President Trump rescinded a second batch of Biden-era executive orders (EOs), including EO 14026 (Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors).
Issued in 2021, EO 14026 raised the federal...more
3/20/2025
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Compliance ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Minimum Wage ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rescission ,
State Labor Laws ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
Given the impending deadline of March 14, 2025, for Congress to pass a budget or another continuing resolution (CR) (and the president signing same), coupled with the recent happenings in Washington, D.C., we thought it would...more
3/12/2025
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Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employees ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Government Shutdown ,
Risk Management ,
Subcontractors
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump, under the auspices of promoting civil rights and merit-based opportunity by ending “illegal” diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, revokes Executive Order (EO) 11246, as...more
1/24/2025
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Discrimination ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Donald Trump ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
On January 8, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council withdrew its Proposed Rule on Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting (the proposed rule), which was initially introduced in January 2024. This...more
1/17/2025
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Pay Transparency ,
Proposed Rules ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Labor Laws
On Monday, June 24, 2024, a federal judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the Court) instituted a nationwide injunction on the enforcement of portions of the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2023...more
7/2/2024
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Construction Industry ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Injunctions ,
Prime Contractor ,
Related Acts Clauses ,
Subcontractors ,
Wage and Hour