December 2024

 

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The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force publishes Federal Contractor and Subcontractor guidance

As we previously reported, on September 9, 2021, President Biden announced Executive Order 14042 ("Executive Order") and related initiatives designed to lead the country out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several of the policies announced in the Executive Order will require employees of contractors that do business with the federal government to be vaccinated. However, the Executive Order left open a number of questions around the way the requirements would be implemented. Some of those questions have now been answered. On September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (Task Force) released Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors (Guidance). A summary of the main highlights is provided in this article.

Important Message Regarding Time Clocks Equipped with Biometric Technology

Please read this important information regarding the use of biometric technology, which verifies identity through physiological and behavior characteristics, to enhance the security of some ADP timeclocks. 

Trump Administration Cancels DACA

On September 5, 2017, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the administration’s plans to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program – a program that has allowed hundreds of thousands of young adults to apply for work authorization and protection from deportation.

Department of Labor Introduces Dual Fringe Rates for Service Contract Act

The Department of Labor has released its annual Health and Welfare Fringe Benefits Rate adjustment for 2017-18, announcing two separate rates for the Service Contract Act.

Important Change for 2018 VETS-4212 Filings

For reporting in 2018 and going forward, government contractors will gain the efficiency of pulling a single data snapshot as of December 31 for reporting on both EEO-1 and VETS-4212 reports. 

Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order for Government Contractors Revoked

On March 27, 2017, President Donald Trump officially completed the revocation of the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order.  Government contractors are no longer required to report violations of certain federal employment laws when bidding on contracts worth $500,000 or more and are no longer required to comply with the provision’s paycheck transparency rules.

Poster Compliance Update

Effective January 1, 2017 several states’ labor departments adopted regulations impacting one or more of the following provisions: Minimum Wage, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Sick Leave, Health Care Security Ordinance, Discrimination, Equal Pay for Equal Work, Unemployment Insurance, Oregon OSHA, Health and Safety Protection on the Job. These are mandatory changes and a new state poster is required. 


Agencies Issue Final Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rules for Government Contractors

The U.S. Department of Labor and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council have published the final guidance and regulations implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (E.O. 13673).  The Executive Order sets forth procedures requiring federal agency contracting officers to consider an employer’s record of workplace law compliance when awarding contracts and subcontracts valued at more than $500,000. Consistent with this goal, prospective and existing contractors on covered contracts are not only required to disclose administrative determinations, arbitral awards, and civil judgments resulting from violations of any one of 14 enumerated labor laws and their state law equivalents, but they are also required to comply with the Executive Order’s Paycheck Transparency requirements.

OSHA Releases Final Rule on Respirable Crystalline Silica

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its final rule on respirable crystalline silica. The rule, which is titled Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica, establishes a permissible exposure limit (PEL) for respirable crystalline silica of 50 micrograms per cubic meter as an eight-hour time-weighted average. It also includes provisions regarding exposure assessments, respiratory protection, medical surveillance, hazard communication, and recordkeeping. The rule takes effect on June 23, 2016.

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