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...
Executive Order 13950 Has Been Rescinded
The much-maligned Executive Order (E.O.) 13950, “Combatting Race and Sex Stereotyping,” was rescinded by the new Biden Administration on January 20, 2021. Federal agencies, particularly the OFCCP, are ordered to review and identify proposed and existing actions related to or arising from E.O. 13950 and, within 60 days, “consider suspending, Continue Reading...
OFCCP Surprises With Thoughtful Interpretation of E.O. 13950, “Combatting Race and Sex Stereotyping”
As previously reported, the OFCCP is currently grappling with how to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13950 entitled, "Combatting Race and Sex Stereotyping." The agency quickly set up a hotline for employees and the general public to submit complaints regarding workplace training that "promotes" race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating, and Continue Reading...
