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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from March 2022

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Top 10 Things Employers Need to Know About the Davis Bacon Act as Infrastructure Faucet Gets Turned on Full Blast

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When President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law this past November, he not only committed a historic amount of funding for the nation’s infrastructure, he kickstarted a process that will...more

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State Contractor Sentenced For Wage Theft, Pays $20 Million In Employee Compensation

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Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro announced that state contractor Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (“Hawbaker”) pleaded nolo contendere to four counts of theft relating to Hawbaker’s alleged underpayment of more than $20 million to its...more

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State Contractor Criminally Charged For Alleged Underpayment Of Fringe Benefits To Prevailing Wage Workers

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Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro charged state contractor Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (“Hawbaker”) with four counts of theft relating to Hawbaker’s alleged underpayment of more than $20 million to its employees in violation of the...more

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Department of Labor Seeks Input In Establishing Prevailing Wage Rates For Federal Construction Projects

For federal contractors in North Carolina…now is your opportunity to provide input relating to the establishment of prevailing wage rates under the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA). The DBA governs contractors and subcontractors who...more

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DOL Releases Proposed Rules Regarding Mandatory Paid Sick Leave for Employees of Federal Contractors

The United States Department Labor recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to enforce President Obama’s September 2015 Executive Order establishing paid sick leave for federal contractors. Now that we have been able...more

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DOL Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Implement Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Provide Paid Sick Leave

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The Department of Labor (DOL) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for regulations under President Barack Obama's Executive Order 13706, establishing paid sick leave requirements for federal contractors. EO 13706,...more

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One Step Closer to Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors

The Department of Labor (“DOL”) continues its regulatory dash to fulfill the President’s domestic agenda. The agency issued proposed rules, that seek to make President Obama’s Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick...more

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IRS Issues New Guidance on ACA and Other Health Plan-Related Legal Requirements

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In Notice 2015-87 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance on various health plan-related topics, including: (1) treatment of employer-provided opt-out payments for purposes of affordability under the Affordable...more

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Federal Contractor News Roundup: Paid Sick Leave, Pay Secrecy, Posters, Plus More

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This year continues to be an active one for employers who are federal contractors or subcontractors. Most recently, yesterday President Obama continued the trend of using Executive Orders where legislative solutions have...more

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Executive Order Will Require Paid Sick Leave for Employees of Government Contractors

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President Obama has signed an Executive Order requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to provide employees with one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, for at least 56 hours per year. The requirement...more

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Proposed Executive Order Mandates Paid Sick Leave for Employees of Federal Contractors

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President Obama may soon issue an executive order mandating that employers who contract with the Federal government, and their subcontractors, provide paid sick leave to employees. A report in The New York Times released a...more

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It’s Confirmed Again—Davis-Bacon Has No Private Right of Action

In Carrion v. Agfa Construction, Inc., the Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently reaffirmed its prior interpretation that there is no private right of action under the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) to recover prevailing wage or...more

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