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  Obama Administration Seeks to Change Way Government Contracts Are Awarded.Jackson Lewis LLP - March 09, 2010 The Obama Administration appears to be planning to hike wages and benefits for workers nationwide by changing how the government awards contracts. The plan reportedly would favor private companies that offer employees better pay, health coverage, pensions and other benefits for contract opportunities. The government also will emphasize disqualifying from government contracting companies with labor, environmental and other violations. Report Link A Closer Look At Congressional Investigations.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - March 08, 2010 For the past few weeks, the news media has been fixated on the Congressional investigation and hearings into purported defects in Toyota vehicles. But why is it such a big story? In reality, Congress has held hundreds of investigative hearings during the past few years on matters involving nearly every industry. This article will review – in very basic detail – Congress's power to conduct an investigative hearing, the limitations on those powers, and the practical effects of a Congressional investigation. Report Link IRS Will Audit 6,000 Companies – Make Sure Your Employment Taxes Are In Order.Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC - November 24, 2009 An employment tax audit may be in your very near future. In an interview given to Bloomberg by John Tuzynski, IRS Chief of Employment Tax Operations, on September 18, 2009, Tuzynski said that the IRS will spend three years auditing 6,000 companies beginning in February 2010. The companies will be selected at random and will include large and small companies. They will be selected from across many different industries. This marks the first comprehensive examination of employment tax issues by the IRS since 1984. Report Link Coffers to Overflow at DOL, EEOC, OSHA, OFCCP and NLRB in 2010.Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC - May 28, 2009 For Fiscal Year 2010, the Obama Administration has requested increased funding for virtually every federal labor and employment regulatory agency. For the Department of Labor (DOL), the Administration is requesting $104.5 billion, reflecting an increase over all prior years' original budget requests. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis identified the protection of workers, green jobs promotion, and increased transparency as the DOL's top three priorities, and stated that she intends to use this money to provide significant additional resources for worker protection agencies, specifically the Wage and Hour Division of DOL, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Report Link Worksite Enforcement in the New Administration.Vedder Price - May 01, 2009 Worksite Enforcement in the New Administration. Report Link New Compliance and Ethics Rules for Government Contractors and Subcontractors Effective December 24, 2007.Ogletree Deakins - January 08, 2008 Contractors and subcontractors who enter into at least one government contract “expected to exceed” $5 million dollars with a performance period of 120 days or more are now subject to a new Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause, the Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct. Report Link Who’s There? What to Do When the Government Is Knocking on Your Door - An Employer’s Guide to Handling Government Visits and Information Requests.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - April 25, 2007 32 page report on what to do when Government agencies are looking for information, from OSHA to the FBI. Report Link The Workplace Agenda in the New Congress (pdf).Ogletree Deakins - December 06, 2006 Democrats have taken control of the House and the Senate. Now what? Report Link Change in Congressional Leadership Puts Employment Issues at Top of Legislative Priority List.Jackson Lewis LLP - December 04, 2006 When the 110 th Congress commences in January 2007, the leadership of both the U. S. House of Representatives and the Senate will swing to the Democrats, and it is widely anticipated that among their top priorities are a number of legislative initiatives affecting employers and employees. These initiatives likely will be spearheaded by the new Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; by Senator Edward Kennedy as Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; by Representative George Miller as head of the House Education and Workforce Committee; by Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee as head of the House Immigration Subcommittee; and by Representative John Conyers as head of the House Judiciary Committee, among others.
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