Executive Order 13496 Requires Notice to Employees of Right to Organize
Make room on your corporate bulletin boards. Federal contractors and subcontractors are now required to inform employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The notice, prescribed in the Department of Labor's regulations, informs employees of Federal contractors and subcontractors of their rights under the NLRA to organize and bargain collectively with their employers and to engage in other protected concerted activity. Additionally, the notice provides examples of illegal conduct by employers and unions, and it provides contact information to the National Labor Relations Board. Federal contractors and subcontractors are required to post the prescribed employee notice conspicuously in plants and offices where employees covered by the NLRA perform contract-related activity, including all places where notices to employees are customarily posted both physically and electronically.
The notice must be posted by June 21, 2010.
Follow this link to the poster: Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act
Follow this link to: USDOL Fact Sheet on Obligation of Federal Contractors to Notify Employees of Their Rights Under Federal Labor Laws
Posted By Diane Pfadenhauer In Federal Contractors , Labor Relations , Policies & Procedures | Permalink
USCIS E-Verify Guide Issued Specifically for Government Contractors
As everyone knows, government contractors are now required to use use E-verify. The requirement to use E-verify went into effect on September 8th. In an effort to assist contractors who have not previously used the system, USCIS has issued a comprehensive guide specifically for contractors. The guidance provides specific information with respect to how contractors must use the system, which employees are affected and when the verification rule applies. It also provides a time line for compliance for new contractors or those awarded new contracts.
Follow this link to: E-Verify Supplemental Guide for Federal Contractors
Posted By Diane Pfadenhauer In Federal Contractors , Immigration , Policies & Procedures , Staffing, Recruitment, Selection | Permalink
Federal Contractors Required to Use E-Verify September 8
Today, all Federal Contractors are required to use USCIS' E-Verify system to verify employee eligibility to work in the United States. E-verify compares the information provided by the employee on the I-9 form with information contained in the federal government databases. For the naysayers out there, USCIS asserts that 97 percent of all queries are now automatically confirmed as work-authorized within 24 hours or less.
Follow this link: Federal Contractors Required to Use E-Verify Beginning Sept. 8, 2009
Posted By Diane Pfadenhauer In Federal Contractors | Permalink
Federal Contractors Now Required to Use e-Verify
"Sec. 5. (a) Executive departments and agencies that enter into contracts shall require, as a condition of each contract, that the contractor agree to use an electronic employment eligibility verification system designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security to verify the employment eligibility of: (i) all persons hired during the contract term by the contractor to perform employment duties within the United States; and (ii) all persons assigned by the contractor to perform work within the United States on the Federal contract."The White House Press Release is available here:
Executive Order: Amending Executive Order 12989, as Amended
Posted By Diane Pfadenhauer In Federal Contractors | Permalink
