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Training that Applies to All Employers

Why is labor and employment training important?

Regular and ongoing training of employees is crucial for an organization’s continued growth and success. Training benefits both employees and employers: Employees become more aware of workplace compliance matters which in turn reduces the employer’s liability risks. Noncompliance with the ever-changing labor and employment laws could potentially lead to monetary, civil, and operational penalties for an employer.

Available training modules.

1. Sexual Harassment.
Training guides employees through key federal sexual-harassment laws, relates these laws to everyday workplace behavior, and provides the legal definitions of sexual harassment.

2. Discrimination and Harassment.
Ensures that employees understand discrimination rules and policies to help prevent problems from arising. Training includes discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, disability, age (40 or older) or genetic information (including family medical history).

3. Cultural Sensitivity.
The ability to interact effectively with people of different backgrounds and cultures is increasingly important in today’s multicultural work environment. Cultural sensitivity training can help organizations increase cultural competency and prevent conflicts that can lead to incidents of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

4. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The FLSA is a federal law which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay eligibility, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments. The Department of Labor is very active in investigating violations relating to misclassification and proper wage payment All employers should ensure their management team understands the nuances in federal and state law.

Targeted Training for Government Contractors

Why is labor and employment training important?

Businesses that provide products or services to the government are required to abide by a Code of Business Ethics and Conduct. Under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), government contractors need to conduct annual ethics training for their workforce. In certain scenarios, noncompliance could result in monetary penalties or a company’s inability to bid for or maintain their contract with the government.

Available training modules.

1. Ethics.
Government contractor business ethics involves educating and aligning the actions of individuals with relevant laws and the preferred values of the organization. It also involves actively fostering an organizational culture that encourages ethical conduct and a commitment to compliance with the law. 

2. Section 889 Compliance.
To come into compliance, government contractors need to evaluate the extent to which the company and its employees are engaged in prohibited conduct and implement new compliance policies.

3. Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI).
OCI training can help an employer and its employees identify, avoid, and mitigate OCI issues when bidding on and performing federal government contracts and subcontracts.

4. Timekeeping.
Under the FLSA, employers are required to accurately record the hours worked by non-exempt employees and to pay them for all time worked. These requirements appear straightforward. In practice, however, capturing the time actually worked by employees can be difficult, making accurate payment of wages a challenge.

5. Service Contract Labor Standards (“Service Contract Act”).
This Act applies to contractors or subcontractors providing services to the federal government. It requires the contractor to pay certain employees working on the contract prevailing wages and fringe benefits as set forth in the contract. The Act is complex and any contractor performing work subject to the Act should ensure its management and contract teams have received training.

6. Construction Labor Standards (“Davis Bacon Act”).
To comply with construction labor standards, construction firms working with the government need to meet prevailing wage and administration requirements particular to construction work. The Act is complex and any contractor performing work subject to the Act should ensure its management and contract teams have received training.