Debarment – a bar on a federal contractor from receiving business from the federal government for a period of years – which is usually based on a violation of a public prevailing wage statute (such as the Service Contract Act (SCA)), is the most draconian civil penalty levied against most contractors, particularly those whose core
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Non-Displacement Rule to Take Effect Under Service Contract Act
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Department of Labor
On August 29, 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule implementing Executive Order 13495. This Executive Order, which was issued more than two year ago, generally requires contractors (including subcontractors) providing services under a federal government contract that succeeds a contract for performance of the same or similar services at the …
Jackson Lewis Attends Wage and Hour Division Public Forum Articulating DOL Enforcement Agenda
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Department of Labor, Recordkeeping
On Friday, May 21, 2010, the Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division held a public Stakeholder Forum, during which key members of the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) discussed WHD’s goals and regulatory agenda. Jackson Lewis attended the Forum.
After welcoming the crowd, Nancy Leppink, the WHD Deputy Administrator pointed out some of WHD’s accomplishments…