On April 14, U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly ruled, in relevant part, that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cannot require federal grant recipients to certify that their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)...more
On March 3 Judge Abelson of the U.S. District Court for the District or Maryland denied the government’s motion for a stay pending appeal of the preliminary injunction halting the termination of equity-related federal grants...more
On February 21, the Maryland District Court issued an injunction prohibiting the administration from implementing requirements in Executive Order (EO) 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and...more
After an immediate, severe backlash against OMB’s January 27 memo ordering a freeze on almost all federal financial assistance, as well as legal action that led to a January 28 temporary restraining order issued by the D.C....more
After we published a post about the Eleventh Circuit’s decision to narrow the scope of the nationwide preliminary injunction of the government contractor vaccine mandate, the government announced that, for the time being, it...more
On Friday, August 26, the Eleventh Circuit published the long-awaited decision in the government’s appeal of a nationwide injunction halting the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for government contractors and subcontractors. Although...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky's Nov. 30 injunction, in Kentucky v. Biden, prohibiting enforcement of the government contractor vaccine mandate against contractors and subcontractors in Kentucky,...more
On December 16, in the challenge filed by Louisiana, Mississippi, and Indiana to the federal contractor vaccine mandate, the Western District of Louisiana (WD of LA) granted the plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction...more
As we previously reported, on November 30, the District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (ED of KY) enjoined the government “from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors in all...more
12/7/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
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Preliminary Injunctions ,
State and Local Government ,
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Subcontractors ,
Vaccinations
As expected, late on November 10 the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force revised its government contractor vaccine mandate Guidance to extend the deadline for covered contractor employees to get vaccinated. This revision...more
11/11/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Employees ,
Deadlines ,
Employer Mandates ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
New Guidance ,
OSHA ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
State and Local Government ,
Stays ,
Vaccinations
On February 2 the House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 37, which would nullify the Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces rule issued on August 25, 2016. If the identical pending joint resolution is passed by the...more
2/6/2017
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Congressional Review Act ,
Deregulation ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Contractors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Obama Administration ,
Paycheck Transparency ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Public Disclosure ,
Rescission ,
Trump Administration
Just one month after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas shut down a Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces final rule, the District Court has enjoined the implementation of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final...more
12/1/2016
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Congressional Intent ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Lack of Authority ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Standard Duties Test ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
On October 24, 2016, U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone granted a preliminary injunction to halt the implementation of the “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Executive Order 13673 (EO 13673), implementing provisions of the Federal...more
10/26/2016
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Blacklist ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Process ,
Executive Authority ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
FAPIIS ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Federal Contractors ,
First Amendment ,
Labor Law Violations ,
NLRA ,
OFPP ,
Preemption ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Service Contract Act