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Compliance with Executive Order 13706 – Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors

Executive Order (“EO”) 13076, signed by President Barack Obama on September 7, 2015, established paid sick leave for federal contractors. Specifically, this EO requires certain parties that contract with the Federal...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Implementing Executive Order Requiring Paid Sick Leave for Employees of Federal Contractors

On September 29, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued regulations (the “final rule”) implementing Executive Order 13706, which requires federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to their employees. According to...more

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DOL Issues Final Rule Requiring Covered Federal Contractors to Provide Paid Sick Leave

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Covered federal contractors must provide their employees a minimum of 56 hours of paid sick leave per year, pursuant to a final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on September 30, 2016. The new paid sick leave...more

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Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Requiring Federal Contractors to Provide Paid Sick Leave

On September 30, 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) published the Final Rule implementing President Obama’s 2015 Executive Order 13706, “Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors” (EO 13706) requiring federal...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Call the Doctor! Paid sick leave is on the way for (many) federal contractors

The date for the U.S. Secretary of Labor to issue regulations establishing paid sick leave for covered employees of certain federal contractors is fast approaching. By way of background, on September 7, 2015, President...more

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Coming Soon to a Federal Contractor Near You: Paid Sick Leave

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On Labor Day, September 7, 2015, President Obama signed Executive Order 13706 – Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors. The Executive Order requires that certain federal contractors and subcontractors (the same...more

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DOL Proposes Rule Mandating Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors

On the heels of five states plus a number of cities, including Philadelphia and Washington DC, enacting paid sick leave legislation, the federal government is adding momentum toward a national paid sick leave law by mandating...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

DOL Issues Proposed Rule Requiring Paid Sick Leave For Some Federal Contractor Employees

Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor published its Proposed Rule to implement Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors. President Obama issued the Executive Order on Labor Day 2015, and...more

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Department of Labor Issues Proposed Rule Implementing Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors To Provide Employees Paid Sick...

On February 24, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor released a proposed rule to implement President Obama’s September 7, 2015 Executive Order requiring federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to employees.  The rule is...more

Snell & Wilmer

Paid Sick Leave – It’s an Epidemic

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From California to Connecticut, and places in between, the reach of paid sick leave laws is spreading rapidly. Currently, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington D.C. have state- (or district-) wide laws...more

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Executive Orders: The Employment Transformers for Federal Contractors

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As we have detailed on several occasions over the past year, President Obama has used executive orders to implement sweeping new workplace policies for federal contractors and their employees. For example, the president has...more

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President Obama Issues Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Provide Mandatory Sick Leave

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The executive order poses another significant financial and administrative burden for federal contractors. Continuing his practice of using executive orders to implement his labor and employment agenda, on September 7,...more

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President Obama Signs Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Provide Sick Leave for Employees

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On September 8, 2015, President Obama signed an Executive Order that will require companies that contract with the federal government to provide paid sick leave to their employees. The Order will become effective in 2017....more

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Two New Developments Affecting Federal Contractors

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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

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Executive Order Will Impose Paid Sick Leave Requirement on Federal Contractors

On September 7, 2015, President Obama signed an executive order requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to provide paid sick leave to employees. For federal contract actions on or after January 1, 2017, the...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update Newsletter - September 2015

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - President Obama Signs Executive Order Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors - President Obama signed an Executive Order on Monday September 7, 2015, requiring federal...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New Executive Order Mandates Sick Pay for Federal Contractors

On September 7, President Obama signed an Executive Order requiring federal contractors to provide employees with a minimum of seven days of paid sick leave per year. The sick pay will be awarded at the rate of one hour for...more

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President Obama Follows States’ Lead in Establishing Paid Sick Leave

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While you were soaking in the final days of summer this Labor Day, President Obama used the occasion to sign Executive Order (EO), “Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors.” The EO provides that, beginning on...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

President Obama Signs Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Provide Paid Sick Leave

President Obama signed an Executive Order on September 7, 2015, requiring that Federal contractors provide at least seven days of paid sick leave per year to employees working on Federal contracts and subcontracts that are...more

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President Obama Orders Federal Contractors to Provide Paid Sick Leave

At a Labor Day speech in Boston, President Obama announced a new executive order that will require federal contractors to provide covered employees with paid sick leave. Executive Order 13706 was published in the Federal...more

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President Obama Announces New Paid Sick Leave Requirements for Federal Contractors

On Labor Day, President Obama announced a new Executive Order that will require federal contractors to provide employees with paid sick leave. The new order, anticipated to apply to new federal contracts entered into on or...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Paid Sick Leave Expands with President Obama’s Labor Day Executive Order

On Labor Day, President Obama signed an Executive Order (“Order”) forcing companies who contract with the federal government to provide paid sick leave to their employees. The Order tracks the language in many states’ paid...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Obama Orders Paid Sick Leave for Employees of Some Federal Contractors

On Labor Day, President Obama signed another Executive Order aimed at federal contractors. This time, certain federal contractors will be required to provide up to seven days of paid sick leave annually to their employees....more

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Obama Orders Mandatory Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors

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On September 7, 2015, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order requiring federal contractors to offer paid sick leave to their full-time and part-time employees. The new rule applies to contracts that are solicited...more

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That is SO last week - September 2015

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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

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