Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information
Headline: Federal Contractors Must Not Retaliate Over Employee Pay Discussions
What it does: The Secretary of Labor must propose regulations to implement a prohibition on federal contractors retaliating against employees for discussing compensation.
- Protects contractor employees who inquire about or discuss pay from retaliation.
- Requires the Secretary of Labor to propose implementing regulations within 160 days.
- Allows contractors to defend actions but not by maintaining policies that ban pay discussions.
Summary
This order amends federal contracting rules to forbid contractors from firing or otherwise penalizing employees or job applicants for asking about, discussing, or sharing information about their own or others' pay. It preserves a narrow exception for employees whose job duties require access to others' pay, unless the disclosure is part of a complaint, investigation, hearing, or a legal duty.
The Secretary of Labor must propose regulations to implement these requirements within 160 days, and the order applies to contracts once those rules take effect.
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