In recognition of the 15th anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the Biden administration released on Monday, January 29th, a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that would prohibit federal contractors from using job applicant’s prior salary history when setting pay and would require federal contractors to post the expected
Pay Transparency
OFCCP Revises Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Regulatory Update
Pursuant to President Obama’s pay transparency executive order (Executive Order 13665), which amended Executive Order 11246, federal contractors must incorporate the OFCCP-prescribed Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (PTNP) in employee handbooks (or implement a stand-alone policy) and post it for applicants and employees.
OFCCP recently revised the required provision to include a cite to …
Complimentary Webinar: Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Compliance Tip, Regulatory Update
As we previously announced, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (“FAR”) Council have published the highly-anticipated final guidance and regulations implementing President Barack Obama’s “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Executive Order (E.O. 13673), often called the “Blacklisting” or “Bad Actors” Executive Order. This rule will present significant challenges and…
Final Revised Overtime Rule Released by Department of Labor
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Enforcement Update, Regulatory Update
The U.S Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has finalized its much anticipated revisions to the rules governing overtime compensation. The revisions, in part, increase the income level of those who are exempt from overtime pay to $47,476, almost doubling the prior threshold, allowing a greater number of employees to qualify for overtime…
Update: OFCCP Pay Transparency Webinar Recording and Transcript Available
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Enforcement Update, Regulatory Update
As a follow up to its two webinars on implementation of the Pay Transparency regulations, OFCCP has updated its website with links to a recording of the webinar as well as a transcript of the session.
UPDATE: OFCCP to Live Stream Pay Transparency Webinar
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Compliance Tip
As we previously shared, OFCCP is hosting a second webinar on the new Pay Transparency regulations on January 28, 2016. The webinar is at capacity, but in an effort to accommodate all those who want to attend, OFCCP announced it will be live streaming the audio portion of the webinar.
To stream the webinar, OFCCP…
Federal Contractors and Job Seekers: A Checklist Of Career Website Requirements
By Laura A. Mitchell on
OFCCP’s Pay Transparency regulations recently went into effect and with it came new information dissemination obligations for contractors with respect to job seekers. OFCCP recently held a webinar in which they discussed these obligations. In addition, the agency recently updated its website to include a section specifically addressing employer obligations surrounding posting of the Pay…
OFCCP To Host Second Webinar re Pay Transparency Rule
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Compliance Tip, Regulatory Update
In connection with the effective date of the new Pay Transparency regulations, OFCCP held a webinar on January 11, 2016, providing an overview of the requirements, discussing hypotheticals involving application of the rule and answering general questions about implementation of the rule.
For those of you who missed the webinar or were unable to…
Pay Transparency Obligations Are Now Effective
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Enforcement Reminder, Regulatory Reminder
Happy New Year! For the government contractor community 2016 seems to be picking up right where 2015 left off – with implementation of new compliance obligations.
Eleven days into the new year and federal contractors are now subject to Executive Order 13665 – the Pay Transparency Executive Order. While January 11, 2016 is officially…
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…