Summary of Federal Laws

 

Government Contracts                                                         

Compliance Partners

AVP for Human Resources

 

 

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

41 U.S.C. § 251 et seq.; 2414.404-1 et seq.; 29 CFR Part 470

 

Establishes uniform policies and procedures for procurement activities.

 

 

Notification of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws Executive Order 13496
Issued by President Obama Jan. 30, 2009

This order revokes the Beck Notice Requirements (Executive Order 13201) and imposes an obligation on all federal contractors to inform employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. Within 120 days of the effective date (January 30) of this order, the Secretary of Labor will initiate rulemaking to specify the form and content of notice to be used to advise employees of their right to bargain collectively and to be protected in the exercise of their right to association, self-organization and designation of representatives for purposes of negotiating terms and conditions of employment.  The new order also includes contract provisions for all new contracts resulting from solicitations issued on or after January 30, 2009. These provisions must also be included in all subcontracts, effective immediately.  Regulations will be issued to give guidance on how the obligation of prime contractors can be enforced against subcontractors.

 

See 74 Fed. Reg. 38388, (August 3, 2009) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Notification of Employee Rights under Federal labor laws. All federal contractors or subcontractors with employees in the private sector would be required to post the included notice in their workplaces.

 

See 74 Fed. Reg. 14145 (March 30, 2009) for the final rule rescinding the regulations on the now revoked EO 13201 (Beck Notice).

 

See the Jackson Lewis newsletter dated Feb. 2, 2009 titled President Obama Issues Trio of Pro-Union Executive Orders; Significant Impact on Federal Contractors. This newsletter also discusses

and contains links to two other Obama Executive Orders: Economy in Government Contracting and Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers under Service Contracts. The Jackson Lewis newsletter also contain a history of the Executive Order 13201, and contains a discussion of possible legal challenges to the new orders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

updated 2/10/09 to add new Obama Executive Order on Employee Rights; removed Beck Notice text and related material
links updated 3/12/09 rab
3/14/09 updated by mlo to add compliance partner
compliance box links updated 6/3/09 rab

updated by mlo 8/14/09 to add NPRM on EO 13496