Revolving Door Rules: What You Need to Know Before Hiring from (or Heading to) Government
Everything Compliance: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Recruitment in a Changing Federal Landscape
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: Second Chance Initiatives: Hiring Workers with Criminal Histories
Employment Law Now VI-116-Top 10 Employment Issues To Consider For The Summer Kick-Off
DE Under 3: Vaccination Mandates Continuing & Federal Contractor Minimum Wage
DE Under 3: OFCCP Contractor Portal & Request for Comments for Functional Affirmative Action Programs (FAAPs)
DE Under 3: Declining Union Membership & EEOCs First Year Results Under the Biden Administration
#WorkforceWednesday: Employee Privacy and COVID-19, CMS Vaccine Mandate on Hold, Independent Contractor Classification - Employment Law This Week®
The Patchwork of Federal Vaccine Mandates
What Contractors Need to Know About Vaccination Mandates and New “Safer Federal Workforce” Guidance
Construction Contractor Compliance Update: Government Audits, Vax Mandates, and More
#WorkforceWednesday: Preparing for Biden's Vaccine Mandate, Mandate Pushback Begins, NLRA's Reach Expected to Expand - Employment Law This Week®
Challenges and Guidance on Biden's Vaccine Mandate, NY HERO Act Form Updated, Job Application Compliance - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: Biden’s Employer Vaccine Mandate, NY HERO Act Safety Plans, Cannabis Cases - Employment Law This Week®
Alan Chvotkin on Sequestration
The Trump administration presses forward with its tariff policy and introduces new election law and Treasury rules, while facing several new lawsuits challenging previous actions....more
This episode of The Employment Law Counselor podcast, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), dives into recent executive orders which end Federal DEI programs and, among other things,...more
Everything's enjoined! Almost. It's been a tough week for President Trump, but he doesn't seem to be letting the bad news get him down. To avoid ruining the Valentine's Day mood, I'll keep this week's update short. ...more
“Besides disrupting policy in Washington, the Trump administration is looking to disrupt fundamentally how Washington operates. Thus, even as Trump’s team loses some prominent policy fights, it still sees value in the impact...more
President Trump was sworn in for a second term the morning of January 20th, and he spent the rest of that day setting a record for the most ever Day 1 executive actions (i.e., Executive Orders, Proclamations, pardons, etc.). ...more
The change in presidential administration has had an immediate impact on the diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) space, with President Donald Trump issuing several new executive orders regarding DEI and federal...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
Federal contractors may need to be prepared to increase pay for employees working on, or in connection with, covered federal government contracts. The hourly minimum wage for employees performing work on federal contracts...more
President Joe Biden likely has authority under the Procurement Act to raise the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors to $15 per hour, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled. Bradford v. U.S. Dep’t...more
This week, we look at complying with the rules that require employers to keep employee COVID-19 vaccination and testing information confidential. HIPAA, Employee Privacy Protections, and COVID-19 (see video attached) ...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
The new floor is $15 an hour. The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor published its final rule implementing regulations under Executive Order 14026 (Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal...more
The Government Contracts and Global Trade Group is pleased to provide a summary of some of the key class deviations and other memoranda published by U.S. Government agencies implementing the federal contractor COVID-19...more
On Monday, November 1, 2021, CNBC reported the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") completed its review of OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard ("ETS") that will require larger employers to either adopt a policy for...more
Update – September 30, 2021: The Task Force issued a set of FAQs regarding the Guidance. Anticipating the upcoming release by OSHA of the ETS (see below), the FAQs make clear that covered contractors and subcontractors must...more
On September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (the “Task Force”) issued its guidance (the “Guidance”), under Executive Order 14042 (the “Executive Order”), requiring employees of workplace locations with...more
Key Points - The recent announcements around federal contractor requirements for mandatory vaccination and the upcoming OSHA Emergent Temporary Standard have created significant confusion for employers. It’s important...more
As promised, on September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors about the implementation of President Biden’s Executive Order 14042, which imposed a...more
On September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (the “Task Force”) issued guidance (the “Guidance”) on President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 (the “Order”). Although the Guidance recognizes that the Order is...more
Vaccine mandate for many contractors is now imminent. As ordered by President Joe Biden, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued guidance today for federal contractors regarding COVID-19 prevention. Given the...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
On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced sweeping COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements applicable to both public and private employers nationwide. The following is an overview of the important upcoming...more
Earlier, President Joe Biden announced vaccination requirements for the federal government workers but allowed them to “opt out” if they agreed to more stringent mitigation measures. He also implored private sector employers...more
The U.S. Department of Labor issued final regulations on October 1, 2014 to implement Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors. President Obama signed the Executive Order on February 12, 2014. The...more
The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Thomas Perez, recently issued the final rule raising the minimum wage for workers on federal service and construction contracts to $10.10 per hour. The final rule enacts...more