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The Labor Law Insider: Project Labor Agreements Part II
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DE Under 3: EEO-1 Survey Closure Date, Non-Binary Reporting Updates, and Government Agency Equity Plans
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Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
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Ask someone you know about the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for contractors, and you might get an, “Oh yeah, what happened to that?” Issued in early September 2021, Executive Order (EO) 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID...more
Federal contractors are all too familiar with having new requirements imposed through executive orders, which often direct the creation of new Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses to be inserted into government...more
WHAT: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed, but narrowed, a nationwide injunction issued in December 2021 against the enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal contractors’ employees...more
Although federal contractors were able to breathe a sigh of relief after the current administration put a stop to President Obama’s “Blacklisting” executive order, employers in the state of Washington must now comply with...more
On March 27, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law a Congressional Review Act (“CRA”) resolution repealing the so-called “blacklisting” rule, which would have imposed strict labor reporting and other requirements upon...more
President Trump has signed a Joint Resolution (H.J. Res. 37) disapproving federal agency rules implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (EO 13673) (also known as the “Blacklisting” EO) signed by former...more
President Trump signed legislation ending Obama-era federal rules requiring contractors to disclose federal labor law violations as part of the federal contracting process. The rules would have appointed a contracting officer...more
On Monday, March 27, President Trump issued an Executive Order revoking President Obama’s Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces, a/k/a “Blacklisting” Rule. The bulk of the Rule had already been enjoined by a...more
On Tuesday, the President officially killed the Obama-era Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (“FPSW”) Initiative, which came to be known as the “Blacklisting regs”. The move was widely expected as Executive Order 13673, the Federal...more
As part of a broader effort to reduce government regulations, President Donald Trump has signed a congressional joint resolution that permanently blocks the "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" rule, a regulation resulting from an...more
On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed a bill repealing the U.S. Department of Labor’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces regulation. The President’s action ends any uncertainty surrounding the status of the rule, dubbed the...more
We’ve covered the Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces rule since it came out last summer. In a series of alerts we told you specifics about the rule and what labor law violations contractors would have to disclose as a result of the...more
President Obama and his EO’s - Remember the Blacklisting Order that required federal contractors to provide a rap sheet with a proposal? No? Well, President Obama issued 275 Executive Orders during his two terms on...more
On March 27, 2017, President Trump took the much-anticipated action of rescinding President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order 13673 and its underlying regulations (the “Blacklisting Rules,” as it became...more
Earlier this week, President Trump put the final nail in the coffin for the former administration’s “blacklisting” rule, officially known as the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule. The move means federal contractors will...more
This week (March 27, 2017), President Trump signed into law a Congressional Joint Resolution of Disapproval (the Resolution”), revoking the rules implementing the controversial Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order,...more
On March 27, President Trump signed a bill formally rolling back the Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces Executive Order signed by President Obama in July 2014 that was to apply to certain government contractors and subcontractors....more
On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed a joint resolution from Congress invalidating the “blacklisting” regulations that implemented President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. The president also issued...more
Last week, the Senate approved a resolution killing a recordkeeping rule finalized by OSHA in December 2016, and this week, President Trump signed a congressional resolution invalidating the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces...more
Yesterday President Trump signed into law a resolution that officially kills the Obama-era “Blacklisting Rule.” The Rule promised to wreak havoc among federal contractors by requiring certain government contractors and...more
On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed legislation, under the Congressional Review Act, blocking regulations and guidance governing Executive Order 13673, "Fair Pay and Safe Workplace," commonly called the "Blacklisting"...more
On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed a Congressional Review Act resolution, H.J. Res. 37, and issued his own Executive Order, which together nullified President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order and...more
Game Over. Dunzo. Finito. Bye Felicia. These are things we can now officially say about the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rule. On Monday, President Trump signed a Congressional joint resolution of disapproval into law,...more
The nearly three-year journey of Executive Order 13673: Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, which President Barack Obama signed in July 2014, is officially over. Federal contractors will not be required to report alleged labor...more
On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed legislation and issued an executive order nullifying the Obama administration’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order and implementing rules and guidance. Major parts of...more