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...
Gearing Up: EEOC Launches New EEO-1 Website
Soon remembering what a “normal” EEO-1 filing season is like will become the mark of a seasoned veteran in the EEO/AA industry. From the rise and fall of “Component 2” compensation data reporting to delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, EEO-1 reporting has been modified, filing dates changed, modified again, and delayed several times. But it Continue Reading...
Census Release New “EEO Tabulation” for Use in AAPs
The U.S. Census Bureau quietly announced on Monday, March 1, 2021, that a new "Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation" is now available for federal contractor employers to use in the preparation of their annual affirmative action plans. Information about the new data files is available on the Bureau's EEO Tabulation landing page here. The Continue Reading...
DOL-VETS Seeking Input on VETS-4212 Report
The Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) is currently seeking to extend approval for the current VETS-4212 form for another three years and is soliciting public comment regarding whether and to what extent the agency should make any changes to the current form. Note that the agency itself is not proposing any Continue Reading...
“Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” Executive Order – What Federal Contractors Need to Know
On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (E.O.) titled, “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” prohibiting certain types of training for federal agency employees, federal contractor employees, employees of federal grant recipients, and the United States Uniformed Services. In short, the E.O. aims to ban the use of training Continue Reading...
