Despite a number of pending lawsuits challenging the Biden Administration’s authority to impose the minimum wage increase for federal contractors, the new rate of $17.75 is expected to take effect January 1, 2025. Our colleagues share what the approximately 500,000 impacted employers need to know. Read more.
Legal Update
Federal Contractors Required to Post Salary Ranges in Job Postings Under Proposed DOL Regulations
Posted in Legal Update
In recognition of the 15th anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the Biden Administration has released a proposal that would prohibit federal contractors from using a job applicant’s prior salary history when setting pay and require federal contractors to post the expected salary range in its job postings. >>Learn more here.
Center for Investigative Reporting Files Lawsuit Seeking Release of Federal Contractor EEO-1 Reports
Posted in Legal Update
As we previously reported, in 2019 Will Evans from The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) submitted a FOIA request to OFCCP seeking all Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Reports filed by federal contractors from 2016-2020. In response to the request, OFCCP published notice in the Federal Register pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act notifying…
BREAKING NEWS: Judge Vacates Stay of EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting Tool
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Legal Update
As Bloomberg Law first reported, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has found the government did not have proper justification to stay implementation of the EEOC’s pay data collection tool. As a result, the court has vacated the 2017 stay and ordered
the previous approval of the revised EEO-1 form shall be
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Breaking News: Portions of Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order Blocked
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Enforcement Update, Legal Update
In a much anticipated, last minute ruling, a U.S. District Court Judge has ordered a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the labor law violation disclosure requirements and restriction on use of arbitration agreements portions of the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule and Guidance (“Final Rule”), which were set to take effect today.
The pay…
New York Substantially Increases Employer Obligations Related To Fair Pay, Pay Transparency
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Legal Update, Regulatory Update
Following the trend set by the Pay Transparency Executive Order 13665 and Governor Jerry Brown’s signing of the California Fair Pay Act, this week New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (D) signed a series of bills aimed at significantly strengthening fair pay, “pay transparency” and other legal protections available in the workplace.
The five…
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Sets A New Standard for Determining Joint Employer
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Last week in a divide opinion the National Labor Relations Board decided the case of Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., in which the Board announced a new standard for determining joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. The Board’s decision significantly broadens the definition of “employer” under the Act to include unrelated…