Compliance Stuff

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) released its Spring 2025 regulatory agenda as part of the government-wide  Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions , unveiling a slimmed-down list of procurement rules. In line with the Trump administration’s deregulatory priorities, t he FAR Council dropped several policy-oriented initiatives while maintaining a focus on two rules that strike at the core of procurement and information security — controlled unclassified information (CUI) and organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) . The agenda marks a narrowing compared with the Biden administration’s fall 2024 Unified Agenda, which had included more than 40 FAR-related rules. The Spring 2025 list contains fewer than half that number, reflecting what contractors and practitioners are already describing as the administration’s “one-in, ten-out” regulatory philosophy seen in  Executive Order 14192 . Rules Removed from Agenda Several rules championed by the...

Updated 09.02.25 to include 2024 Minimum Salary Rule development that occurred since original publication date. Uncertainty persists as employers navigate federal wage and hour compliance in the second Trump Administration. Several final rules issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) during the Biden Administration have been mired in ongoing litigation. The DOL has signaled a retreat from the defense of these lawsuits and has begun to roll back other regulations. As the federal government eases its regulatory grip, employers must continue to comply with more stringent or otherwise different standards that apply under state and local wage and hour laws. 2024 Minimum Salary Rule: Defunct, Perhaps Replaced The DOL issued a final rule on April 26, 2024, to increase the minimum salary threshold for application of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) “white collar” exemptions. The first of what was to be a two-stage increase took effect on July 1, 2024, adopting a sharp, two-stage increase...

GovDocs’ Webinar  Employment Law Shifts: First 120 Days of Trump Administration  tackles several of the notable employment law changes initiated by President Trump’s Second Administration. As stated by Presenter Jana Bjorklund, GovDocs Senior Counsel and Director, the Trump Administration has been “wildly busy” over the last four months, and much of it has been directed towards employment law.    In the webinar, Bjorklund identifies several key employment law shifts – including DEI, disparate impact liability, and federal contractor compliance – and discusses how these changes impact employers. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion   There should be no surprise to employers that DEI has been a “hot button” since the start of Trump’s second term, as indicated by Bjorklund . Notably, she discusses two executive orders signed by President Trump earlier this year that had immediate impact to DEI:  Executive Order 14151 – Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Pr...

  President Trump just rescinded an executive order that mandated a higher minimum wage for workers on federal contracts. The Biden-era order initially set the wage to $15 an hour in 2022, and it was ultimately raised to $17.75 earlier this year. Trump’s move was part of a March 14 order rescinding 18 actions from the prior administration – in addition to the 78 nixed on his first day in office. What does this mean for federal contractors and what should you do now? Although Biden’s minimum wage order is no longer in effect, federal contractors still have wage obligations under federal, state, and local laws. Here’s an overview of how we got here and what you should consider doing now. Key Points for Federal Contractors Biden’s Order Raised Contractor Wage:  Under President Biden’s Executive Order 14026, the applicable minimum wage rate for workers performing work on or in connection with certain covered federal contracts was raised to $15 in 2022. The order provided a boost ...