Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 28: Construction Compliance with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
DE Under 3: Contractors Have Second Opportunity to Comment on OFCCP’s Supply & Service Contractor Portal Information Collection
Preparing for Major Changes to DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise DBE Program
Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023
Successor Government Contractor Hiring Obligations Change: DOL’s Long Awaited Nondisplacement Rule
DE Under 3: What Federal Contractors Need to Know About OFCCP's New Audit Scheduling Letter
[Podcast] TikTok off the Clock: Navigating the TikTok Ban on Devices for Government Contractors
Partnering to Win: Teaming, Subcontracting, Joint Ventures, and Mentor Protégé Agreements
Construction Roundtable: Top 4 Legal Risks for Federal Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: OFCCP's Modified Proposal to Revise Scheduling Letter & Itemized Listing Revealed Via Newly Proposed Documents
Flow-Down Clauses in Federal Government Contracts - Tutorial 1 (Fundamentals)
Joint Venture Basics for Large and Small Contractors
Webinar: Trademarks and Government Contracting
Bidding for Major Contracts? Compliance Requirements You Should Prepare for Now
#WorkforceWednesday: Independent Contractor Rule Reinstated, OFCCP Targets Pay Equity Audits, OSHA Focuses on Health Care Facilities - Employment Law This Week®
Government Contractors: Preparing for OFCCP’s Affirmative Action Program Compliance Certification
DE Talk | OFCCP in 2022: Lean Staff, Big Goals & New Changes Afoot
Construction Webinar Series: Construction Contractors: Considerations in Subcontracting Plans and OFCCP Compliance
Construction Webinar Series: The Infrastructure Bill’s Impact on DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more
The 2022 Legislative Session saw a number of bills signed into law, effective July 1, 2022, which impact the construction industry. Below is a summary of key changes....more
WHAT: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) introduced the “Stop Price Gouging the Military Act” as S. 4374 and H.R. 8007, respectively, to prevent perceived price gouging by U.S. Department of Defense...more
New York lawmakers are close to passing a law that creates automatic liability for general contractors when their subcontractors fail to properly pay their employees. Existing New York law provides at least a modicum of...more
Earlier this week, the Mexican Congress approved the proposed amendments on outsourcing and insourcing activities. A brief summary of the relevant provisions of these new laws can be found below: 1. As expected, the...more
As we write this alert, new legislation is in its final stages of becoming law in New York State, which will address the longstanding abuse of the substantial completion schedule milestone in project closeout. Few words...more
On November 11, 2020, the President of Mexico submitted a bill proposing the amendment of the Federal Labor Law, Social Security Law, National Workers’ Housing Fund Institute Law, Federal Tax Code, Income Tax Law, and Value...more
Change may be on the horizon in Mexico as its Congress deliberates a new bill that, if passed, would outlaw outsourcing and subcontracting employees under most circumstances and absent government approval. This proposed bill,...more
Earlier this year, the policymakers of Florida’s 2020 Legislative session tackled roughly 3,500 filed bills, passing roughly 200 and approving a $93.2 billion budget. Several pieces of this year’s legislative changes will...more
What happens when legislative efforts are met with focused pressure from a variety of industries, civic groups and professional lobbyists? Witness pending Assembly Bill 5, a hopelessly confusing mixture rules and exceptions...more
With the close of the latest Tennessee legislative session, this Construction Law Alert discusses newly enacted statutes and significant legal issues affecting the construction industry in Tennessee. The goal is to provide...more
The big legislative news in Illinois this spring concerned the passage of a law permitting marijuana for recreational use, beginning January 1, 2020. This development overshadowed other news affecting the construction...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a series of workshops geared to help Native American small business communities with technical assistance and business development. The SBA will...more
Pennsylvania is on the verge of a tougher contractor payment law that adds remedies including suspension of work, anti-waiver provisions, and mandatory payment for work successfully completed....more
A bill proposed in the Oregon House of Representatives threatens to fundamentally alter the relationships between contractors, their subcontractors, and their subcontractors’ employees. Under the bill, a contractor on a...more
Letter from the Editor - Welcome to the spring 2017 edition of our Under Construction newsletter. We hope 2017 is off to a good start for you and your company. An issue that seems to commonly come up in cost-plus...more
On February 21, 2017, the French National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) adopted proposed legislation defining a duty of vigilance for parent companies and their subcontractors. The law provides that multinational firms...more
The holiday retail season is an ideal time to check that forced labor and bribery—two top and interconnected supply-chain threats—do not undermine the success of your critical sales period. Not long ago, many in the...more
A recently proposed bill to reduce the retainage amount for certain public work contracts to five percent and to allow a claimant to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and costs from a payment bond surety that fails to timely...more
On September 29, the House subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions held a legislative hearing to consider the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, H.R. 3459. This bill, which is mirrored in the Senate,...more
The California Legislature reconvened on Monday, August 17, to finish its work for the 2015 regular session, which must end by September 11. The following bills are of particular interest to California private sector...more
On June 17, 2015, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2015 (Act), a bill that proposes whistleblower protection for employees who provide information to the...more
Mechanics Liens Bills Filed - HB 1101 - An Act to Enhance the Protection provided to Persons Making Improvements to Leased Real Property Under Article 3 of Chapter 44A of the General Statutes, as Recommended by the LRC...more
Public Agencies Must Modify Bid Forms to Require Subcontractor License Number - Governor Jerry Brown last week signed into law Assembly Bill 44 (AB 44), which amends Public Contract Code section 4104 to require a prime...more