On Equal Pay Day, March 15, President Biden issued an executive order focused on “Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency.” The EO directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR) to consider issuing proposed rules to enhance pay equity and transparency for job applicants and employees by limiting [...]
The OFCCP issued their first formal directive during the Biden Administration on March 15. DIR 2022-01 “Pay Equity Audits” provides guidance on how the OFCCP will evaluate contractor’s compliance with pay equity during audits, and clarifies the OFCCP’s authority to access and review pay equity audits. The regulations do not currently require or specify a [...]
The OFCCP issued a new directive, DIR 2022-02 “Effective Compliance Evaluations and Enforcement” with the mission of promoting effective enforcement to advance equal employment opportunity. This directive rescinds and replaces several previous directives, including DIR 2018-06 Contractor Recognition Program, DIR 2018-08 Transparency in OFCCP Compliance Activities, DIR 2020-02 Efficiency in Compliance Evaluations, and DIR 2021-02 [...]
On March 31, 2022, the OFCCP opened the AAP Certification requirement through their new Contractor Portal. The same day, the agency hosted a webinar demonstrating how to navigate the Contractor Portal and how to complete the AAP Certification process. The OFCCP issued an email immediately after opening the AAP Certification, directing federal government contractors to [...]
The Department of Labor (DOL) published a Final Rule implementing Executive Order 14026 “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.” The Final Rule raises the hourly minimum wage to $15 per hour for workers performing work on or in connection with a covered federal contract beginning January 30, 2022. The Final Rule also increases the [...]