Discrimination, Barack Obama

US Department of Labor Implements Final Rule Requiring Pay Transparency Among Federal Contractors

Poyner Spruill LLP on 10/13/2015

Executive Order 13665, signed by President Obama on April 8, 2014, prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating against employees or applicants because they inquire about or discuss their compensation...more

Two New Developments Affecting Federal Contractors

Miller & Martin PLLC on 9/15/2015

On September 7, 2015, President Obama issued an Executive Order establishing paid sick leave for federal contractors. The Executive Order currently applies only to contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2017....more

That is SO last week - September 2015

Zelle LLP on 9/9/2015

Labor Day was the backdrop for a big announcement from President Obama. Beginning in 2017, federal contractors must grant paid sick leave to employees. The new Executive Order requires contractors to provide one hour of...more

Transgender Rights in the Workplace: A Guide for Employers to Protect Against Harassment & Discrimination

Lewitt Hackman on 4/14/2015

Last week, President Obama signed an executive order banning discrimination against gay or transgender federal employees and contractors. On the same day, the first gender-neutral bathroom became available in the White House....more

The New OFCCP Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Protections Are Now In Effect

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 4/10/2015

Yesterday, Executive Order (“EO”) 11246, as amended by EO 13762, officially went into effect, representing the first time in the federal sector that sexual orientation and gender identity have been expressly protected. On...more

Employment Law Commentary - Volume 26, Issue 12 December 2014: Bowling Alone: Obama’s Labor And Employment Regulatory Agenda In...

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/6/2015

Recently, President Obama sat down for an interview with Stephen Colbert in which he was asked about his 2008 campaign mantra that presidents tended to grab too much power. “Then you became president, and you seemed to hold a...more

LGBT Rule Affecting Federal Contractors Will Become Effective April 8, 2015

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 12/11/2014

Last week, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced a Final Rule prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by federal contractors and subcontractors. The Rule implements...more

OFCCP Releases Final Rule on LGBT Non-Discrimination

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/5/2014

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced yesterday that it is issuing a Final Rule implementing President Obama's Executive Order that prohibits federal contractors from discriminating on the bases of...more

DOL Issues Final Rule Implementing Executive Order 13672’s Prohibition on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender...

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 12/5/2014

Yesterday, the Department of Labor announced a Final Rule prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by federal contractors and subcontractors. The Rule, which implements Executive Order 13672...more

Let’s Talk About Sex: U.S. Department of Labor Targets Transgender & Gender Identity Discrimination

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 8/28/2014

On Tuesday, August 19, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a directive to “clarify that existing agency guidance on discrimination on the basis of sex... includes discrimination on the bases of gender identity and...more

President Expands OFCCP Jurisdiction to Investigating Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Genova Burns LLC on 8/21/2014

Effective immediately, federal contractors, including construction employers working on federally-funded construction projects, and federal government employers are prohibited from discriminating against applicants and...more

Recent Developments for Federal Contractors

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/21/2014

Companies and individuals seeking to do business with the federal government have been targeted in the “year of action” promised by President Barack Obama. The President has taken steps to impose a number of additional labor...more

Protecting the Rights of LGBT Employees in the United States and Abroad

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 8/19/2014

On July 21, President Obama issued an Executive Order prohibiting federal government contractors from discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (“LGBT”) employees. The President directed the U.S....more

President Obama Strikes (Signs) Again with the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Order

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/8/2014

Employers will have to report previous labor law violations to bid for federal government work beginning soon. On the heels of President Obama’s executive order prohibiting LBGT discrimination by federal contractors, the...more

Executive Order Requires Certain Federal Contractors to Self-Report Labor Violations; Prohibits Mandatory Arbitration of Certain...

FordHarrison on 8/7/2014

On July 31, 2014, President Obama signed the "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" Executive Order ("EO"), requiring federal contractors and subcontractors bidding on contracts over $500,000 to disclose any violations that they have...more

President Obama Issues Two Executive Orders in 10-Day Period

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/1/2014

President Obama issued the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order on Wednesday, July 30 only 10 days after prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating based on sexual orientation and gender identity, in the...more

President Obama Issues Executive Order Prohibiting Federal Contractors From Discriminating Based on Sexual Orientation or Gender...

Bracewell LLP on 7/25/2014

On July 21, 2014, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating in employment decisions based on applicants’ or employees’ sexual orientation or gender identity. This...more

Executive Order Bars Discrimination against LGBT Workers for Federal Contractors, Government

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/25/2014

President Obama recently signed an executive order that will prohibit federal contractors from discriminating against employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The executive order adds sexual orientation and...more

President Obama Signs Executive Order Prohibiting Federal Contractors from Discriminating Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender...

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/24/2014

Frustrated with Congress's failure to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and consistent with his recent Executive Order to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for employees of federal contractors,...more

Executive Order Extends LGBT Protections to Federal Contractor Employees

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/23/2014

On Monday, July 21, 2014, President Obama amended two prior executive orders to extend employment protections to lesbian, gay and/or transgender (LGBT) workers. Executive Order 11246 was first signed by President Lyndon B....more

Obama’s LGBT Executive Order Raises More Questions Than It Answers

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/23/2014

More than two years after expressly declining to do so, this past Monday, President Obama signed an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against individuals on the basis of sexual orientation or...more

President Obama Amends Executive Order 11246 to Protect LGBT Workers of Government Contractors from Discrimination

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 7/23/2014

As the White House announced last month, President Obama signed yesterday an Executive Order that bans workplace discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (“LGBT”) workers of federal contractors....more

President Obama's Latest Executive Order Recognizing Gay and Transgender Rights Among Federal Contractors

Miller & Martin PLLC on 7/23/2014

While much has been said in the mainstream media over the past 24 hours regarding President Obama's latest Executive Order protecting gay and transgender individuals from discrimination by federal contractors, a few...more

Executive Order Protects Federal Contractor LGBT Workers

Fisher Phillips on 7/23/2014

Yesterday President Obama issued an Executive Order extending antidiscrimination protection on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as including these categories in affirmative action requirements....more

Discrimination Against LGBT Employees of Federal Contractors and Federal Employees Now Prohibited by President Obama’s Amendments...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/23/2014

On Monday, July 21, 2014, President Obama amended two previously issued executive orders to extend protection against workplace discrimination to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees of federal contractors and the...more

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