As we previously reported, President Biden signed an executive order earlier this month to require federal contractor employers to ensure their employees working on or in connection with a qualifying federal contract (or subcontract) are “fully vaccinated.” The contours of the new requirement would rely on guidance to be issued by the newly-formed, Continue Reading...
Vaccination Requirements for Federal Contractors
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...
OFCCP’s AAP Verification Interface Approved by OMB
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has finally approved the “Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface” (AAP-VI) for use by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). In response to a critical 2016 report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the OFCCP’s enforcement practices, the Continue Reading...
New Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Proposed Rule Analyzed
As previously noted, the OFCCP has published a proposed rule implementing Executive Order (E.O.) 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.” The new executive order builds on E.O. 13658, “Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors,” signed by President Obama in 2014. Beginning January 30, 2022, the federal contractor minimum wage 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...
