federal contracting employment requirements

a comprehensive guide to EMPLOYMENT OBLIGATIONS OF FEDERAL CONTRACTORS
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Pillar's guide to employment requirements for federal contractors includes all employee notices (with samples of each), reporting and record maintenance obligations, requirements for subcontracts, and a detailed discussion of each law and executive order pertaining to employment within the context of federal contracting.

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Self-Identification Invitations

Do contractors with fewer than 50 employees have to ask applicants / employees to self-identify by disability or veteran status?

E-verify and i-9

How does e-verify participation affect I-9 requirements?

Walsh-Healy and FLSA

Are the Walsh-Healy Public Contracts Act requirements the same as those of the FLSA?

Classification of Hourly rates

When are hours worked at a lower level of the same classification not subject to the lower hourly WD rate?

Tip pools

Who can I include in a tip pool under the minimum wage EO?

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Contract Types

SUPPLY, SERVICE, CONSTRUCTION, and Federally assisted Construction CONTRACTS

SUBCONTRACT REQUIREMENTS AND COVERAGE THRESHOLDS

COMMERCIAL ITEMS AND COTS ITEMS CONTRACTS

FAR / DFAR REQUIREMENTS

Employment Obligations

E-VERIFY

WAGE AND HOUR

ETHICS STANDARDS

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY / AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

UNION RELATED REQUIREMENTS

EMPLOYEE NOTICES / POLICIES

REPORTING AND RECORD MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS

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Updates

As changes are made to the employment requirements under federal contracts by actions of the administration or congress, Pillar updates its material in a timely fashion. The changes (or possible changes being considered) for the current year are reflected below with some commentary on each.  A full discussion of each subject is contained in Pillar’s Employment Requirements of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors.

Vaccine Mandate

On September 9, 2021 EO 14042 established a requirement for federal agencies beginning October 15, 2021 to only enter into Service and Construction contracts with contractors that “provide adequate COVID – 19 safeguards for their workforce” that works on or in connection with a federal contract, and directed the White House’s Safer Federal Worker Task Force to issue Guidance describing the necessary “safeguards,” which it did on September 24.

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