Under a Labor Department final rule published in the December 19, 2008 Federal Register, federal construction contractors and subcontractors are no longer required to include workers’ home addresses or full social security numbers on weekly certified payroll statements submitted to the contracting federal agency under the Davis-Bacon and Copeland Anti-Kickback acts. Citing worker privacy interests […]
Employment
Hostile Work Environment Claims – They’re Not Just for Employees Anymore.
In May, 1999, the First Circuit Court of Appeals expanded the statutory basis upon which hostile work environment claims may be asserted by concluding that such claims are not only available to employees under Title VII, but are also available to minority independent contractors under provisions of the original Civil Rights Act of 1866, as […]
