by Editorial Staff | Jul 30, 2024 | DOL, Executive Orders, Federal Contractors, Latest News
On July 22nd, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a $4.2 million conciliation agreement over gender wage discrimination allegations. Specifically, the DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and a federal financial services provider were...
by Erick Lange | Oct 25, 2023 | Discrimination, DOL, Federal Contractors, Latest News, Wage & Hour
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) secured significant settlements in two cases for different labor law violations at the same company. In the first case, investigators found wage and hour violations at a federally-contracted provider of security and...
by PC Editorial Staff | Aug 15, 2023 | DOL, Federal Contractors, Latest News, Wage & Hour
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule to update regulations implementing the Davis-Bacon Act and the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (Davis Bacon Act). According to the DOL, these updates better reflect the needs of construction workers on...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 7, 2023 | Discrimination, DOL, Executive Orders, Federal Contractors
On February 28, the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a memo on religious exemption. By and large, the document explains the rescission of a previous 2020 rule that applied religious exemption to federal...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 4, 2023 | Federal Contractors, Gig Economy, Independent contractors, IRA, IRS, Jobs
Recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued its 2023 standard mileage rate increases for calculating standard mileage deductions. In brief, the notice provides the optional rates for computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business,...
by PC Editorial Staff | Aug 2, 2022 | Biden Administration, Federal Contractors, Small Business Administration
On July 26th, 2022, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that the Biden-Harris Administration awarded a record-breaking $154.2 billion in contracts for small businesses. The total was a significant increase from the previous fiscal year’s total for...
