Following a flurry of announcements and a live speech by the President, the White House is moving forward with several initiatives to reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans, including requiring federal contractor employers to require employees to be vaccinated. Details at this point are still lacking, but the White House appears to be using Continue Reading...
Minimum Wage Comment Deadline Extended (by 4 Days)
As we previously reported, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor has published proposed regulations implementing Executive Order 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.” The agency must solicit, review, and consider public comments before submitting the proposed regulations to the White House Office of Continue Reading...
OFCCP Publishes Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Proposed Rule
The OFCCP will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in tomorrow’s Federal Register implementing Executive Order (E.O.) 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.” The Notice clocks in at 233 pages, so a full analysis will be forthcoming, but here are the basics for now. On April 27, 2021, President Biden signed E.O. 14026, Continue Reading...
How a Diversity Training Ban Paved the Way for New Beginnings
Last year, former President Donald Trump issued an executive order that effectively chilled diversity training efforts across the country, as compliance professionals feared the consequences of implementing programs that violated it. As soon as President Joe Biden took office this year, he promptly overturned the action. Continue Reading...
Executive Order Raises Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers
President Biden has issued an executive order superseding (for the most part) order 13658, “Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors,” issued in 2014. The previous order established a minimum wage of $10.10 per hour for most federal contractor employees for work performed on a qualifying federal contract or subcontract ($4.90 for tipped Continue Reading...
