PRACTICE AREAS
Government Contracts
The US Government is perhaps the single largest consumer of products and services. It spends nearly half a trillion dollars every year. The Government can be a great customer. After all, the Government pays it bills (generally). On the other hand, the Government is one difficult customer that writes its own rules and expects all of its vendors to live by them—at least until they change them. Even more daunting are the all too infrequent occasions when the Government doesn’t understand or ignores the rules it made.
Service Contract Act
The Service Contract Act has been a fixture of federal contracting requirements for over 50 years since its adoption in 1965. Broadly speaking, the SCA requires the payment of specified minimum wage rates and fringe benefits to employees working on service contracts in excess of $2,500 and subcontracts thereunder.
Davis-Bacon Act
The Davis-Bacon Act requires the inclusion of minimum wage rates for laborers and mechanics employed on the site of federal government contracts for construction, alteration or repair, painting and decorating of public buildings or public works. Adopted in 1931, it was adopted to ensure that contractors wouldn’t base their bids and proposals on prices obtained by paying workers substandard pay and benefits under the prevailing rates of compensation in their area.
Wage and Hour
Wage and Hour claims used to exist in the background in the world of labor and employment issues. Recently, major wage and hour claims have captured headlines implicating nationwide retailers, coffee stores, ride sharing companies, and hotel chains. However, local “mom and pop” businesses are just as likely to find themselves facing wage and hour claims. Likewise, workers find that their employers fail to pay overtime or minimum wages because they sloppily, or worse, intentionally violate federal and state laws.
Employment Law & Executive Orders
Successful companies derive almost all of their strength from the team of people they have assembled to accomplish their mission. Assembling the talent; however, is just the beginning. Companies then face the challenge of adopting ground rules, setting compensation, and addressing day-to-day workplace concerns.
Business and Contracting
Businesses need lawyers who know business, not just the letter of the law—lawyers whose guidance empowers their clients to succeed. AWR serves businesses of all sizes. And, no matter the size, AWR establishes a deep connection with its clients that creates an instinctive understanding of their needs and goals.