CHPS Podcast Episode 5: The Future of Federal Procurement
2024-2025 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
SBA’s Final Rule Is Here: Key Takeaways on Updates to HUBZone Program, Other Small Business Programs, and Various Small Business Matters
Mitigating FOCI Under Section 847
Navigating Bid Protest Choices at GAO and COFC
Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
New Wave of Pay Transparency Requirements Affects Employers and Federal Contractors
Recent Bid Protest Decisions Reshape Strategies for Future Government Contractor Success
DE Under 3: FAR Council's Latest Proposed Rule & OFCCP's 10 New FAQs on Compensation History
Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023
Successor Government Contractor Hiring Obligations Change: DOL’s Long Awaited Nondisplacement Rule
DE Under 3: FAR Council Submitted for OMB Approval Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”
DE Under 3: FAR Council Issued Final Rule Requiring Unionized Workforces on Large Federal Construction Projects
Intellectual Property In Department of Defense Contracting
Podcast - Navigating the TikTok Ban: Implications for Government Contractors
[Podcast] TikTok off the Clock: Navigating the TikTok Ban on Devices for Government Contractors
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Clocking in with PilieroMazza: #LNE4GovCons: FAR Clause Bans TikTok on Federal Contractor Devices
DE Under 3: President Biden Issued "Modernizing Regulatory Review" Executive Order
n March 14, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order rescinding eighteen (18) prior executive orders and actions, including Executive Order 14026’s substantial increase to the minimum wage for federal government...more
On March 14, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14236—“Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions”—revoking eighteen executive orders and actions issued by former president Joe Biden....more
In recent years, presidents have attempted to impose minimum wage requirements on federal contractors without the need to go through Congress. These requirements have been in addition to the wage floors set by individual...more
On March 14, 2025, the president issued a new executive order (EO) entitled, “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” This new executive order revokes EO 14026, issued by President Biden, which raised...more
On March 14, President Trump issued a new Executive Order titled “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” In this order, the President rescinded eighteen prior Executive Orders or presidential...more
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently found the Biden administration operated within its authority when it raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 per hour in 2022. This represents a relatively rare win...more
The Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, declined to take up a decision addressing the president’s authority under the Procurement Act to issue a minimum wage mandate for employees working on federal government contracts....more
2024 ushered in the implementation of and challenges to several wage and hour initiatives by the Biden Administration, most notably, adjustments to the salary basis test and Executive Order 14026, which raised minimum wages...more
Although the incoming Trump administration is beginning to take shape, there is still a lot of uncertainty around the specifics of the incoming administration’s priorities. However, during his campaign, President-elect Trump...more
WHAT: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a split decision in Nebraska v. Su holding that Executive Order (EO) 14026, commonly known as the $15 contractor minimum wage, exceeded the President’s authority...more
Last week, in a case of first impression, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (“CBCA”) denied a federal contractor’s request for a contract adjustment to account for a change to the local county’s minimum wage rate, which...more
Beginning on January 1, 2024, Executive Order 14026 (Order) will raise the minimum wage for workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts to from $16.20 to $17.20 per hour, a second year of a significant...more
The first few months of 2023 has brought not only regulatory changes to the government contractor landscape, but also the possibility for new business opportunities in semiconductors, green procurement and infrastructure...more
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - Have You Updated the Minimum Wage? Government Contractors Struggle with Minimum Wage Confusion - On January 1, 2023, the minimum wage for government contractors under Executive Order 14026...more
On January 1, 2023, the minimum wage for government contractors under Executive Order 14026 increased from $15.00 per hour to $16.20 per hour. We wrote about Executive Order 14026 and its requirements previously here. There...more
LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION - Disloyal Employees: Disgorgement Offers Employers Some Reprieve - In many states, employees owe a duty of loyalty to their employer as long as they remain on the employer’s payroll. In...more
Starting January 30, 2022, new federal contracts that are not procurement contracts must include a clause requiring federal contractors to pay at least $15 per hour to workers performing work on or in connection with the...more
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council recently issued an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order 14026 “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors” and a final...more
The federal government, led by the U.S. Department of Labor, is moving forward on implementing the provisions of President Biden’s Executive Order 14026, which was signed in April 2021. Most new federal government contracts...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the final rule implementing President Joe Biden's Executive Order, "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors," imposing a $15 minimum wage for a wide swath of...more
What: Just before Thanksgiving, the Government took two actions likely to affect many federal service and construction contractors’ pricing and staffing decisions. The Biden Administration issued Executive Order (EO) 14055 to...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Late last week, in the latest step to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joseph R. Biden announced new Federal contractor employee vaccination requirements that are set to go into effect as of 15 October. The...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released proposed regulations that would implement President Joe Biden's Executive Order (EO) that would establish a $15 minimum wage for a wide swath of contractor employees. While final...more
Through a proposed rule published on July 22, 2021, the Department of Labor is implementing Executive Order 14026. The new rule and Executive Order will require federal service, construction contractors and subcontractors to...more