The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, filed comments August 27 supporting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to drop controversial blacklisting provisions from its proposed overhaul of its procurement regulations.
USDA’s decision to drop the provisions is a reversal from the proposed overhaul of the Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR) that the agency published two years ago. That proposal would have required USDA contractors to certify compliance with various labor and employment laws and to report alleged violations so that USDA could insist on corrective action.
CWC members can read more here.