On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed a joint resolution of disapproval (H.J. Res. 37) to block the rule implementing Executive Order 13,673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, otherwise known as the “blacklisting” rule. The resolution narrowly cleared the Senate on March 6 in a 49-48 vote, a month after the House similarly approved its passage. The order and its implementing regulations would have required federal contractors to disclose adverse findings and decisions related to their compliance with federal and state labor and employment laws, and empowered federal agencies to deny contracts to employers deemed to lack a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics based on such disclosures. The order also included pay disclosure requirements and a prohibition on pre-dispute arbitration agreements.
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