Do You Have a Backup? Building Redundancies Into Your Written Certification Process
Top Employment Law Considerations for Startups, with Ashley K Pittman
Prompt Payments: How CASPA and Other State Laws Afford Contractors Protections
Coronavirus, An Unforeseeable Circumstance: Does Your Contract Protect You Under Force Majeure Clauses?
Coronavirus Employment Law Update for Contractors (New Jersey)
Coronavirus Employment Law Update for Contractors (Pennsylvania)
Employment Law This Week®: FAA Arguably Preempts California Law, New CA Employment Laws for 2020, CA Consumer Privacy Act Amended
Is My New Hire an Employee or a Contractor? Key Factors for Startups to Consider
Episode 25: 10 Factors That May Hinder a Contractor’s Ability to Repay Its Bank Loans and Threaten Its Existence
Common Missteps When Suing the State of New Jersey and How to Prevent Them
[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017
Teaming Arrangements: Pros and Cons of Teaming Agreements vs. Joint Ventures
Suspension and Debarment
Employment Law This Week®: EEOC Online Public Portal, Paid Sick Leave Preemption Law, DOL to Appeal Texas Ruling, California Law Makes Contractors Jointly Liable for Their Subs’ Unpaid Wages
Award Protests: Choosing the Forum
Federal Cybersecurity Requirements
How to Assess the Likelihood of Success in Deciding Whether to Bring a Bid Protest
Construction Lien Law: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Company
Homebuilder Series Webinar: Protecting Your Company From Misrepresentation Claims Through Contractual Exculpatory Clauses
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment... In today’s edition, they discuss: - US DOL Inspector General’s Office Scheduled...more
The following is Part 1 of a 3-Part series reporting on the 24 presentations at the DirectEmployers (“DE”) Annual Meeting (DEAMcon24) of Members and the public. DE will publish the second installment on Monday, April 22, and...more
Monday, June 5, 2023: Based on Either An Unannounced OFCCP Policy Change Or Error, OFCCP Published A CSAL Identifying 250 “Construction Contractors” For Audit - Via an email to stakeholders, OFCCP announced the publication...more
As anticipated OFCCP has started scheduling VEVRAA Focused Reviews, the Agency announced today via e-mail. The announcement highlighted a number of VEVRAA resources available for contractors, including:...more
Federal construction contractors are barred from discriminating in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or covered veteran status, and many...more
Maintaining its recent focus on compliance issues particular to educational institutions, OFCCP published a technical assistance guide for educational institutions on October 11, 2019. The guide follows a flurry of OFCCP...more
If your company: sells goods or services to the federal government; or - sells goods or services to companies that use those goods or services in the products they sell to the federal government, you need to read this...more
In a letter this past week, nearly 200 interest groups urged President Obama to issue an executive order “banning the box” for federal contractors and to implement other “fair chance” hiring reforms protecting ex-offenders....more
In an effort to address confusion resulting from the new VETS-4212 Form, OFCCP recently posted two new FAQs addressing issues related to collecting and reporting disclosure data. The first FAQ addresses whether contractors...more
Because of a recent court decision, federal construction contractors must comply with several new regulations that many consider burdensome. An effort to exempt construction contractors from some of the new regulations was...more
f you are a federal contractor or subcontractor that has, or should have, an existing affirmative action plan (AAP), you need to be aware of the upcoming Office of Federal Contract Compliance’s (OFCCP) final rules that take...more
Lost among much of the other news of recent weeks, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has taken steps that will likely complicate the management of organizations that choose to do business with the...more
Employers holding contracts with the federal government in excess of $10,000, as well as their subcontractors, should be aware of some important changes to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and...more
Yesterday, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its revisions to the current disability and veterans regulations in the Federal Register. These controversial rules become effective 180 days...more
The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued new regulations governing the recruiting and hiring of individuals with disabilities and veterans. See 41 CFR Part 60-741 and 41 CFR...more
On August 27, 2013, the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a pre-release of the final version of its revised affirmative action regulations for protected veterans and...more
Expansive regulations will subject federal contractors and subcontractors to many new requirements, including utilization goals and hiring benchmarks. On August 27, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced this week that a federal construction contractor providing environmental remediation and restoration services has settled allegations of sexual harassment,...more
Even though the Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has not yet promulgated its promised revised construction contractor regulations, the agency sent the construction contracting community a clear enforcement...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently issued a new round of Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs), which notify an establishment that it has been selected to undergo a compliance...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued a new directive advising federal contractors and subcontractors about potential liability that could result from using employees’...more
On January 29, 2013, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a Directive. pertaining to federal contractors’ use of arrest and conviction records in making employment decisions. This...more