The U.S. Department of Labor has released final rules for new EEO1-Pay Data reporting obligations as well as paid sick leave regulations for federal contractors.
EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting
As highly anticipated, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced its final requirements for revision of the EEO-1reflecting the collection of pay data. As previously reported, the new pay data reporting obligation will commence in March 2018. The final report, is the same as that submitted by the Agency to the Office of Management and Budged in its July 14 proposal to amend.
More information, including the new form, a Fact Sheet for Small Business, and a question and answer document can be found at www.eeoc.gov. The Agency announced it will also offer free webinars for interested employers and stakeholders on October 20 and October 26, 2016. For more information, follow this page.
Paid Sick Leave
In addition to releasing information on the new EEO-1 pay data report, the Department of Labor also announced final rules implementing Executive Order 13706 requiring covered federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to covered employees.
Scheduled for official publication tomorrow in the federal register, the rule will go into effect 60 days after publication. As proposed, the rules require federal contractors provide at least 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours of work, for a total of at least 56 hours per year.
Additional details will be provided upon further analysis of both of these final rules.
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