Starting in 2017 Federal Contractors Will Be Required to Provide Employees Paid Sick Leave

Last week the Department of Labor issued a final rule requiring federal contractors entering into contracts on or after January 1, 2017, to provide up to 56 hours of paid sick leave to employees. This rule does not require those employers that already offer equivalent or more generous paid time off plans than that required by the rule to increase the benefits offered to employees. The new rule applies to those contracts that are covered by the Service Contract Act or the Davis-Bacon Act, concessions contract, and service contracts in connection with or federal property or lands. Covered employers will need to post the “Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors” poster, which can be downloaded from https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/wh1090.pdf.

More information about those contracts that will be impacted, what employees are covered, employee eligibility, carry-over rights, and coordination with existing collective bargaining agreements can be found at https://www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts/eo13706/.

Jennifer Fowler-Hermes
jfowler-hermes@williamsparker.com
941-552-2558