Authored by Alex Passantino
As we blogged last year, the President’s Executive Order establishing a minimum wage for certain federal contractor employees requires that the minimum wage be adjusted on an annual basis. In the September 16, 2015 Federal Register, the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division will announce that the wage rate will increase from $10.10 per
Continue Reading Federal Contractor Minimum Wage to Increase
Authored by Alex Passantino
On Thursday, the Department of Labor and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council will issue proposed guidance and proposed regulations, respectively, regarding the implementation of the President’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. The Executive Order requires federal contractors to disclose a wide variety of labor law violations, but did not provide great
Continue Reading “Right to Know” and Responsibility to Disclose: Government Moves Forward with Additional Obligations for Federal Contractors
Authored by Alex Passantino
It’s the week before Christmas, and we’ve accepted our mission,
The annual wage hour “sum-up” composition.
And to start it all off, we’ve got something nice,
‘Cause the Supreme Court addressed wage and hour stuff twice.
The year started out with the first one of those;
As Justice Scalia answered “What counts as clothes?”
With
Continue Reading Integral Clothes and Mistletoes: 2014 Year in Review
Authored by Alex Passantino
Last Friday, the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (WHD) submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) its Final Rule to implement a $10.10 minimum wage for federal contractor employees pursuant to Executive Order 13658. The Final Rule will address comments made by the
Continue Reading The $10.10 Minimum Wage for Employees Servicing and Supporting Federal Contracts Moves a Little Further on Down the Road: DOL Sends Final Rule to OMB for Review
Authored by Alex Passantino
Earlier today, the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (WHD) announced that it will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement a $10.10 minimum wage for federal contractor employees pursuant to Executive Order 13658. Comments to the NPRM will be due 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register, which has
Continue Reading DOL Takes the Next Step for a $10.10 Minimum Wage to Employees Servicing and Supporting Federal Contracts
Authored by Alex Passantino
The Department of Labor (DOL) has taken the next step in making a $10.10 minimum wage for government contract employees a reality. Yesterday, DOL’s Wage & Hour Division submitted its proposed rule to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs will review the rule, and, once approved,
Continue Reading One Step Closer to $10.10 An Hour . . . For Federal Contractors, At Least: Executive Order Regulations Head to OMB
Co-authored by Alex Passantino and Jeremy W. Stewart
In advance of tonight’s State of the Union Address, the White House announced that the President will issue an Executive Order that will increase the minimum mandatory wage paid to employees of federal contractors covered by the Service Contract Act (for federal service contracts) (“SCA”) and the Davis-Bacon Act (for federal construction
Continue Reading Is The Executive Pen Mightier Than the Congressional Act? President Obama To Issue Executive Order Increasing Minimum Wage For Certain Federal Contract Workers To $10.10