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D.C. Mayor Signs Bill Requiring Compensation Disclosures and Prohibiting Use of Wage History

On January 12, 2024, D.C. Mayor, Muriel Bowser, signed the “Wage Transparency Omnibus Amendment Act of 2023.” If not overturned during the subsequent 30-day Congressional review period, beginning June 30, 2024, employers with...more

D.C. Mayor Approves Law Expanding Reach of D.C. Minimum Wage Law

On January 10, 2024, D.C. Mayor, Muriel Bowser, signed the “Minimum Wage Clarification Amendment Act of 2023” into law. If the Act is not overturned by Congress, it will expand the circumstances where employers must pay...more

OFCCP Announces Option to Bulk Upload for Large Federal Contractors

As previously reported, OFCCP recently launched its Contractor Portal, which requires certain federal government contractors to register and certify their compliance with the requirement to develop and maintain Affirmative...more

Reminder: EEO-1 Filing Deadline Is Fast Approaching With (Sort Of) No Extensions Coming

As we previously reported, the deadline for most employers with 100 or more employees (and most federal contractors with 50 or more employees) to file their 2021 EEO-1 reports is May 17, 2022. The portal for filing the...more

Paid Family and Medical Leave Is Coming to Maryland

On April 9, 2022, the Maryland state legislature overrode Governor Hogan’s veto of Senate Bill 275, also known as the Time to Care Act of 2022 (the “Act”). With the enactment of the law, Maryland becomes the latest state to...more

President Biden Issues Executive Order Promoting New Pay Equity and Transparency Requirements On Federal Contractors

On March 15, 2022, President Biden issued his Executive Order on Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency (the “Order”). Among other things, the...more

OFCCP Will Start Demanding Contractors’ Internal Pay Equity Audits

On March 15, 2022, the OFCCP issued its first directive since President Biden took office. Directive 2022-01 (the “Directive”) addresses contractors’ obligations to analyze their compensation systems and to turn over such...more

EEOC Announces deadline for 2021 EEO-1 Reports and EEO-1 Changes

On January 6, 2022, the EEOC announced that the data collection portal for 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 reports is “tentatively scheduled” to open on April 12, 2022, and that the “tentative deadline” for employers to file their...more

DC Enacts (Another) COVID-19 Emergency Leave Law

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the COVID Vaccination Leave Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 (“Emergency Act”), which requires employers to provide paid leave to employees and their children for time spent obtaining...more

[Podcast]: Developments & Trends Across the Country in Non-Compete Law

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief we are joined by partner Guy Brenner, who heads up Proskauer’s D.C. Employment Law practice and co-chairs our Non‑Compete and Trade Secrets Practice group and Daryl Leon, an associate in...more

D.C. Paid Leave Program Amended to Expand Benefits

Significant changes have arrived for paid medical, parental, and family care leave in Washington, D.C following the recent enactment of the Universal Paid Leave Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 (“PLEAA”). Effective October 1,...more

Potential Government Shutdown – What Every Federal Contractor Needs to Know

We appear to be on the precipice of a federal government shutdown.  Absent a political compromise, the federal government’s funding will run out on September 30, 2021, and the White House has instructed federal agencies to...more

OFCCP to Reconsider Use of EEO-1 Component 2 Data

OFCCP announced on September 1, 2021 that it plans to rescind a November 2019 notice regarding EEO-1 Component 2 data. EEO-1 Component 2 data was required to be submitted in 2019, and consists of aggregated employee wage and...more

DOL Issues Proposed Rule on Raising Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour for Federal Contractor Employees

On July 21, 2021, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) to implement President Biden’s Executive Order (the “Order”) requiring an increase of the minimum wage for certain employees of...more

President Biden Issues Executive Order Increasing Minimum Wage for Federal Contractor Employees to $15/Hour

On April 27, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order that will increase the minimum wage for all employees of covered federal contractors and subcontractors to $15.00 per hour, with annual increases beginning in 2023...more

EEOC Announces Employers Have Until July 19, 2021 to make their 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Submissions

On March 29, 2021, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced data collection for the EEO-1 Component 1 filing will open on April 26, 2021, and employers will have until July 19, 2021 to make their...more

DC Paid Voting Leave Law Funded in Time for Election Day

Quick Hit: As we previously reported, earlier this year District of Columbia enacted the Leave to Vote Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Act”) which grants all D.C. employees two hours of paid leave to vote in person. Although the...more

Virginia Employers, Are You Ready? New Employment Laws Go Into Effect July 1, 2020

As we previously reported, this spring Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law a number of new measures expanding protections for employees in the Commonwealth and providing enhanced mechanisms by which employees may...more

DC’s Paid Family Leave Benefits Available July 1, 2020: What Employers Need to Know

On July 1, 2020, employees in DC will be able to begin taking Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) pursuant to the DC Paid Family Leave Act (the “Act”). Here’s a quick primer on what employers need to know ahead of the program’s...more

Virginia Employers Get Ready: New Laws Dramatically Expand Employee Protections and Employer Liability in the Commonwealth

In the wake of Virginia voting in Democratic majorities in both houses of the state legislature last year, the Virginia legislature has passed, and Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed into law, a slew of new measures...more

CDC Releases Guidance for Employers Regarding the Coronavirus

As the recent Coronavirus outbreak continues, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released guidance specifically for employers, outlining recommendations and best practices to protect their workplaces....more

DC Employers Must Provide Paid Family Leave Law Notice By February 1, 2020

As we previously reported, on July 1, 2020, employees in D.C. will be eligible to receive benefits under the D.C. Paid Family Leave law, which provides employees with up to eight weeks of paid leave to care for a new child,...more

OFCCP Will Not Use EEO-1 Component 2 Data In Audits

On November 22, 2019, OFCCP announced it will not “request, accept, or use” EEO-1 Component 2 pay and hours worked data from government contractors in connection with audits (or otherwise). OFCCP explained that it will not...more

EEO-1 Component 2 Reports Are Still Due September 30, But….

Employers have been furiously working to prepare their EEO-1 Component 2 submissions by the September 30 deadline.  Some employers who underestimated the task have asked us whether the EEOC’s submission portal will remain...more

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