A spate of executive orders issued by President Barack Obama in 2014 has made it an eventful year for federal contractors. From his minimum-wage hike in January to his LGBT employment protection order in July, Obama has been putting his tactic of governing by “pen and phone” to use.
The latest use of this approach is the “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order,” signed by the president on Thursday. The order requires most federal contractors to disclose new facts about labor law violations, and will prevent mandatory arbitration for many employees in certain types of legal disputes, thus creating more potential work for legal departments and more potential litigation.
