Executive Order (E.O.) 11246 was issued by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 to combat discrimination in employment (following the then-recent passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) by requiring federal contractors and...more
1/23/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Donald Trump ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Section 503 ,
Title VII ,
Veterans ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
P3s are in a constant state of flux as project owners and participants continue to innovate, striking upon new ways to bring much-needed infrastructure online.
In this, our seventh annual report covering public-private...more
5/13/2024
/ Commercial Real Estate Market ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Projects ,
Federal Contractors ,
Higher Education Act ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Labor Shortage ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Private Activity Bonds ,
Project Delivery Methods ,
Project Labor Agreements ,
Public Private Partnerships (P3s) ,
Risk Management ,
Tax Credits ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wage Determinations (WDs)
Developers of renewable energy projects generally haven’t concerned themselves with the Davis-Bacon Act, the Great Depression-era federal law that mandates the paying of prevailing wages to laborers on public works projects;...more
8/31/2023
/ Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Construction Site ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Energy Projects ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Register ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Prevailing Wages ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Wage and Hour
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
8/31/2023
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Bureau of Labor Statistics ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Material Suppliers ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Prime Contractor ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Related Acts Clauses ,
Service Contract Act ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Wage and Hour
As we wrote back in November 2021, the Biden Administration issued Executive Order 14055 reinstating most of the concepts from the Obama Administration era nondisplacement Executive Order 13495....more
7/21/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Back Pay ,
Contractors ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Job Offers ,
Joe Biden ,
Prime Contractor ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Service Contract Act ,
Subcontractors ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Willful Violations
As predicted, another Obama Administration “oldie but goodie” has made a return in the Biden Administration. On November 18, 2021, President Biden issued a new Executive Order entitled “Executive Order on Nondisplacement of...more
On September 9, 2021, President Biden held a press conference introducing the administration’s “Plan to Stop the Delta Variant and Boost COVID-19 Vaccinations.” At this conference, the President announced a pair of executive...more
It’s coming. From all outward signs, it appears that the Biden Administration may be planning to use the “American Jobs Plan” – otherwise known as the proposed infrastructure plan – to expand the Davis Bacon Act (“DBA”) and...more