Employment and Labor Law

Contacts: Mary Pivec & Robert E. Korroch; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virginia, USA)

On December 22, 2012, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Councils published the long awaited final rule implementing the President’s January 30, 2009 Executive Order protecting Service Contract Act (SCA) workers from job loss upon termination of a covered federal contract absent exceptional circumstances.

The FAR rule, which takes effect 1/18/13, incorporates by reference the DOL final rule published in August 2011.

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