DOL issues proposed revisions to WD-10, a wage survey collection tool submitted by construction contractors. Get prepare to classify your own projects.
Read MoreAdministrative Review Board interprets DOL’s de minimis standard for truck drivers working on a DBA covered worksite.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor continues to seek liquidated damages in pre-litigation settlements for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Read MoreA U.S. District Court judge holds that a contractor had not received final agency action to allow an Administrative Procedure Act suit. Thus a challenge to DOL’s determination that the Service Contract Act applies to cooperative agreements is not ripe for appeal.
Read MoreFalsifying payroll records, paying bonuses instead of premium overtime pay, and being a general scofflaw gets you double damages and civil money penalties. No Virginia, crime does not pay.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor is set to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing the largest overhaul to Davis-Bacon Act regulations in 40 years.
Read MoreBimbo Bakeries USA Inc. (“Bimbo”) agreed to pay monies for allegedly refusing to hire women as bakers and related occupations on their government baking contracts in violation of Executive Order 11246.
Read MoreUnder the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), employers owe a minimum wage to their employees for all hours worked. This blog examines how that minimum wage obligation can be satisfied.
Read MorePresident Biden issued an Executive Order on February 4, 2022 that will require contractors to enter into project labor agreements for large scale federal construction projects. Although PLAs have been “encouraged” for some time, this order will transform this preference into an absolute requirement.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor publishes a webpage hoping to educate the public about which types of projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will be covered by the Davis-Bacon Act.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor published the annual increase in Civil Money Penalties due under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act.
Read MoreIncreasing a minimum wage rate sounds simple enough. However, in our world of federal contracting, simple ideas often get kinda complicated. Here are some of the tasks you need to do as the new Contractor Minimum Wage Executive Order gets rolled out.
Read MoreDepartment of Labor Wage and Hour Opinion Letters follow the ebb and flow of conservative and liberal executive administrations. When President Biden was inaugurated, we began a period where new Opinion Letters are a scarcity. This follows the practice of previous liberal administrations.
Read MoreOn November 18, 2021, President Joe Biden resurrected the Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contract Executive Order after President Trump revoked the Obama administration’s prior Executive Order on the same subject.
Read MoreThe Service Contract Act price adjustment clause prohibits an adjustment for changes to the contract in the base year of performance. However, in some situations, the contractor is entitled to an adjustment through the Changes clause of their contract.
Read MoreStobil appealed a Civilian Board of Contract Appeals decision to the Federal Circuit but could not show it was entitled to all of their wage rate increases were due to the new wage determination.
Read MoreAn Eastern District of New York Court holds that the Department of Labor is not bound by arbitration agreements to which the Department of Labor is not a party.
Read MoreThe Tenth Circuit holds that the Union in this case cannot compel the Contractor to arbitrate Davis-Bacon job classifications. However, the court did not hold that Davis-Bacon job classifications are not arbitrable. This article was written by our very own Kirby Rousseau for The Government Contractor publication.
Read MoreAfter being frozen for two years, the SCA H&W rates were modestly adjusted upwards by DOL effective July 16, 2021.
Read MoreMost federal workers will have tomorrow off in observance of the newly declared Juneteenth federal holiday. We previously posted a blog about the National Day of Mourning observing the death for President George H.W. Bush. While tomorrow’s celebration of freedom is so different from a day of mourning, they share the trait of being unexpected federal holidays that have an impact on federal contractors. Read on to learn more about the issues and options available when faced with an unexpected federal holiday.
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