It’s A New Workplace For Federal Contractors

Dickstein Shapiro attorneys detail three recent major developments in workplace law and regulation that will impact federal contractors. The executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors will go into effect on January 1, 2015. It will apply to contracts and subcontracts for services, construction, and concessions, but not for goods. The precise effect of the President’s memorandum on overtime isn’t clear at this point, but the writers detail the process and what’s likely to come out of it. New affirmative action requirements, which establish hiring benchmarks for protected veterans and disabled workers, became effective in March.