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Attorneys from our Employment, Labor and OSHA and Tax groups discussed the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Attorneys from our Employment, Labor and OSHA (ELO) and Tax Groups discussed the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Issues regarding pay equity have been front of mind for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) this year, as evidenced by the agency’s promise to “redoubl[e] its efforts” to ensure that government contractors are complying with the compensation evaluation portion of their affirmative action programming.

In this video, Alex Bluebond discusses the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance’s (OFCCP) new directive on pay equity audits.

In 2021, the District of Columbia passed a “Ban on Non-Compete Agreements” (the “Ban”) purporting to ban most non-compete agreements, except in connection with the sale of a business.

Sighs of relief due to newfound clarity about whether they were required to quickly implement a vaccinate-or-test policy, coupled with off-pitch renditions of Taylor Swift’s Stay Stay Stay were likely heard from the offices of large employers Thursday afternoon, January 13, 2022, after the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily stay the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) was released.

A federal contractor and/or subcontractor that has at least 50 employees, and a federal contract of $50,000 or more, is required to develop, update annually, and maintain a written Affirmative Action Plan (“AAP”).