Federal Contractors

Question 1

Executive Order 11246: Affirmative Action (1965)

Answer 1

50+ Employees

• Federal Contractors & Subcontractors
• Established so that anyone contracting with the Fed Government would have to become Equal Opportunity Employers and employ those from protected groups (Minorities, Women, Veterans, Disabled)
• Outreach and recruiting are main parts of Affirmative Action so that contractors can find talent from protected groups to fill roles and achieve a more equal workplace

Question 2

The Drug Free Workplace Act (1998)

Answer 2

• Federal Contractors and organizations receiving grants from the Federal Government
• Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) in Dept. of Labor
• Whenever employee has a criminal drug violation in the workplace, employer must notify the contracting or granting agency within 10 days

Question 3

Executive Order 13706: Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors (2015)

Answer 3

50+ Employees

• Federal contractors are directed to provide up to 56 hours of paid sick leave annually.
• Accrues at the rate of an hour for every 30 hours worked.
• May be carried over from year to year.

Question 4

The Davis-Bacon Act

Answer 4

• Contractors/subcontractors working on federally funded or assisted contracts in excess of $2,000 for construction, alteration, or repair of public buildings or public works
• Must pay their laborers and mechanics no less than the locally prevailing wages and must pay fringe benefits for corresponding work on similar projects in the area

Question 5

The Copeland Act

Answer 5

Anti-Kickback Act

• cannot induce employee on federal construction/repair of a federally assisted building or public work to give up any part of his/her compensation to which he/she is otherwise entitled
• similar contracts over $2,000 requires certain recordkeeping standards

Question 6

Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act

Answer 6

• Min wage/max hours and safety and health standards set for contracts over $10,000 on federal manufacturing or furnishing contracts of materials, supplies, articles, or equipment
• Wage and Hour Division enforces wages/hours
• Safety/health enforced by OSHA

Question 7

Service Contract Act (1965)

Answer 7

• calls for payment of prevailing wages and benefit requirements to all employees
• contracts greater than $2,500 for contractors
• enforced by Wage and Hour Division