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Protecting Organizations from Extreme Heat Waves Across the United States

June 2024 broke global records as the hottest month according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) 175-year dataset. It was also the 13th month in a row of record-high temperatures, tying the...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: August 2024

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee J. Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s...more

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Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Tuesday June 11, 2024

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June 10, 2024 - Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Financial Markets Nicholas Tabor gave remarks on recent developments in U.S.-China financial regulatory engagement in Cambridge, Massachusetts....more

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Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Saturday, October 7, 2023

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October 6, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released guidance that will lower costs for consumers and help car dealers grow their businesses by increasing access to Inflation...more

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USDOL Changing Manner In Which Davis Bacon Act/Prevailing Wages Are Determined—Tilted Towards The Workers For Sure!

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I have handled numerous prevailing wage cases, including dozens under the federal Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) and read with great interest the proposed changes to the decades-old law. The proposed rule will likely set higher rates...more

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More Legal Mandates & Changes Impacting the U.S. Construction Industry: Department of Labor’s Updated Davis-Bacon & Related Acts...

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Hold onto your hard hat! What you thought you knew about federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage law is changing --- substantially changing decades of well-established rules, precedent and interpretations as to the applicability...more

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A Guide to The U.S. Department of Labor's ‘New' Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations

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For the first time in 40 years, the Department of Labor (DOL) updated its interpretation and implementation of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts in new final rules. DOL’s new final rules concerning the prevailing wages and...more

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DOL’s Davis-Bacon Act Overhaul Brings Significant Changes to Federal Construction Contracting

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WHAT: Over a year after its notice of proposed rulemaking, the U.S Department of Labor (DOL) published its Final Rule Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) Regulations. The Final Rule spans hundreds of pages of...more

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Government Contracts Inflation Update

In October 2022, I circulated “An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor[.]”    Much has occurred since.   Inflation remains an acute problem.   In turn, contractors and subcontractors continue...more

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Beltway Buzz - February 2023 #4

SCOTUS Rules in OT Case … More Challenges on the Way? On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 6–3 decision holding that an employee making $200,000 each year is entitled to overtime pay under the...more

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Union Membership Boom or Bust? Five Reasons the National Union Membership Rate May Increase in 2023

On January 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the national union membership rate declined from 10.3 percent in 2021 to 10.1 percent in 2022. As described by BLS, the...more

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Common Mistakes New Business Owners Make & How to Fix Them

Starting a new business? The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that 20% of new businesses fail in the first two years, 45% in the first five years. As daunting as those figures may seem, there are measures you can...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review - December 2022

Tuesday, November 29, 2022: Consultant Provided Insights on Building Foundational Relationships in Native American & Tribal Communities in New DE Talk Podcast - Many barriers to employment exist for millions of Americans,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Happy Thanksgiving and the Many Things for Which We Are Thankful – 2022 Edition

This year brought substantial progress in the way of slightly fewer positive COVID-19 cases and/or transmissions and increased vaccinations. Consequently, in the employment world many of you reopened your offices and invited...more

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

Inflation is generally down from 2021, but is still high in too many places, and is expected to persist in 2023.   With inflation eroding value for this long, a Government contractor may need to obtain contract relief.  ...more

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What Employers Should Know about Remote Work if they Employ Foreign Nationals

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According to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 34 percent of private-sector employers expanded remote-work options for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and about 60 percent of those...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: September 2022

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: July 2022 #2

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more

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Comments On Proposed Davis-Bacon Act Regulations Show Expected Split Between Unions And Construction Companies

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There has been an initiative to revise the Davis Bacon Act (“DBA”) regulations and I have been following this closely as the DBA (and prevailing wage work) have always been a special interest of mine. Well, the process is in...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: April 2022

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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DOL Proposes First Major Overhaul of Davis-Bacon Act Regulations in 40 Years

As part of the first “comprehensive regulatory review” in nearly 40 years, the Department of Labor (DOL) recently proposed to amend, update, and “modernize” the regulations at 29 CFR parts 1, 3, and 5, which implement the...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: March 2022

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

DirectEmployers Association

DE Under 3: Disability Unemployment, Cornell ILR & USDOL Women's Bureau Webinar Series & More

Tune in as our experts share information on the status of vaccine mandate litigation; the new webinar series brought to light by Cornell University’s Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR) School and the USDOL Women’s Bureau; and...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: February 2022 #4

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: February 2022 #2

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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