The Obama Administration rule designed to ensure government contractors disclose alleged violations of federal labor laws as they seek more work is no longer in effect. President Donald Trump yesterday signed legislation overturning the so-called Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order imposed in 2014. Jackson Lewis has the details.
H.J. Resolution 37 “disapproves” the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council regulations implementing the Executive Order.
Supporters of the legislation and critics of the executive order had argued that the rule forced innocent small businesses to settle unproven claims, disclose commercially sensitive information to their competitors, and report information the federal government already has.
THE NEXT COST DRIVING DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT SHOULD BE REPEALED IS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OF 1965 ESTABLISHING THE “SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965”. LABOR WAGE STANDARDS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT AND THE DAVIS BACON ACT. TO ELIMINATE THE SCA WOULD OPEN COMPETITION AMONG SMALL BUSINESS ENTITIES WHOM OPERATE ON A DAILY SCHEDULE OF UNPUBLISHED FEDERAL MANDATED WAGE SCALES ! COMMENT-OPEN UP THE COMPETITIVE BUSINESS SPIRT THAT FOUNDED OUR GREAT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. JOHN F MELTON