On August 3, 2020, President Trump signed an executive order (“EO”) entitled “Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices With the Interests of American Workers.” Perhaps by design, it signals widespread review of the...more
8/5/2020
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Employment Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
H-1B ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
LCA ,
OMB ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Subcontractors ,
Trade Adjustment Assistance ,
Trump Administration
The United States Department of Defense promulgated an “interim” rule, effective August 26, 2015, which placed imposing and costly burdens on all DoD contractors and subcontractors (including small businesses and commercial...more
11/6/2015
/ Cloud Computing ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Defense Contracts ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Contractors ,
Information Technology ,
Interim Rule ,
Popular ,
Subcontractors
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) on August 27, 2015, issued a sweeping decision that overturned decades of precedent and created a new standard for determining when two (or more) entities are “joint employers” for...more
9/1/2015
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Franchises ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Master Service Agreement ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Subcontractors ,
Supervision ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Wages
Both prime contractors and small business subcontractors should pay attention to new rules designed to encourage small business subcontracting and influence the administration and content of those contracts. The first, which...more