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Court Finds Project Labor Agreement Mandate Unlawful

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Judge Ryan T. Holte of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled on Jan. 19, 2025, in favor of federal contractors who challenged a requirement to enter into a collective bargaining agreement with labor organizations regarding...more

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Federal Contractors Get Relief from PLA and DEI Requirements

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This past week, employers received two reprieves from mandatory conditions before winning federal contracts. On January 21, 2025, Federal Claims Court Judge Ryan T. Holte ruled that President Biden’s 2022 Executive Order that...more

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U.S. Court of Federal Claims Finds Project Labor Agreements Violate the Competition in Contracts Act

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On January 21, 2025, Judge Ryan T. Holte of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a decision finding now former-President Biden’s February 4, 2022, Executive Order 14063 (EO) and the resulting Federal Acquisition...more

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Collaboration with Unions No Longer Required for Large-Scale Federal Construction Projects

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On January 20, 2024, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims struck down a 2022 Executive Order which required construction contractors to collaborate with unions in order to be considered for large-scale federal construction...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – December 2022 #2

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Inflation Relief Is Coming for DOD Contractors - As PilieroMazza has reported, rising costs due to inflation have been one of the most significant issues facing contractors with fixed-price...more

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Labor or Bust? President Biden Orders Project Labor Agreements for Large Federal Construction Projects

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On February 4, 2022, President Biden issued Executive Order 14063 ("EO") requiring the use of project labor agreements for large federal construction projects. The EO requires that a contractor or subcontractor proposing to...more

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Biden Administration Executive Order Requires Project Labor Agreements with Unions on Certain Federal Construction Projects

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A project labor agreement (PLA) is a collective bargaining agreement between a contractor and the building trade union on a specific construction project. PLAs are negotiated before any workers are hired, and they establish...more

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Union Labor or Bust! Project Labor Agreements Now Required for Large Federal Construction Projects

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On February 4, President Biden signed the Executive Order on Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects, which mandates, with limited exceptions, that contractors and subcontractors working on federal...more

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Biden Administration Requires Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects

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On February 4, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (“EO”) requiring project labor agreements (each a “PLA”) with unions on all federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more (defined in the EO as...more

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Labor & Employment E-Note - October 2021

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Resources - FAR Council Issues Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols For Federal Contractors Clause The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (“FAR”) Council has published a new clause (“COVID Clause”), and has asked...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - February 2019

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - According to a Washington Technology article, just because government agencies reopened after five weeks of a shutdown does not mean things return to business as usual. In fact, the article...more

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Labor Law 2017: Year in Review

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As a new administration took the reins for the first time in eight years, employers, employees, unions, labor lawyers and observers alike all wondered what to expect from President Donald J. Trump. Would he govern much like...more

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Labor and Employment Regulations Potentially Affected by Trump Regulatory Freeze

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The Trump administration's "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review" (Freeze Memo) instructs the heads of federal executive departments and agencies to send no regulation to the Office of Federal Register (OFR) until a presidential...more

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Labor Law 2016: A Year In Review

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Introduction - In the final year of his two term tenure, President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board and Department of Labor continued their double barrelled efforts to remake labor law to benefit labor...more

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What Impact Could Trump's Election Have on Employers?

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The election is over. The vote is in. Donald Trump will be our 45th President. And, for the first time since 2006 (when the 109th Congress was in session during the Bush administration), come 2017, a Republican President will...more

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Blacklisting for Past Labor Violations -- Executive Order 13673

Officially known as “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces,” Executive Order 13673 now consists of proposed guidance from the Department of Labor (DOL) and proposed regulations from the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR). It...more

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