By Susan Schoenfeld, JD
In earlier articles, we’ve told you about the final pay transparency rule implementing Executive Order (EO) 13665, Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information. The final rule and the EO prohibit federal contractors from discharging or discriminating in any way against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their own compensation or the compensation of another employee or applicant.
The final rule is scheduled to take effect on January 11, 2016 for all covered federal contracts entered into or modified on or after January 11.
In addition to prohibiting discrimination and discharge for compensation communications, the final rule imposes a number of other new obligations on covered contractors after the January 11, 2015 effective date for the final rule.
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