[20150715]IF10258_公平薪酬和安全工作场所令：问题的答案.pdf

www.crs.gov | 7-5700 July 15, 2015Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Order: Answers to QuestionsOn July 31, 2014, President Obama issued Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, with the stated intent of increasing “efficiency and cost savings” by ensuring that executive branch procurement contractors understand and comply with labor laws. What does the order require? The order requires that contractors and subcontractors disclose information about their compliance with 14 specified federal labor laws and their state equivalents as part of the award process. The order also requires that agency contracting officers take these disclosures into consideration when assessing whether prospective vendors have a “satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics” as part of the responsibility determination process. Agencies generally cannot award a procurement contract without determining that the prospective vendor is “affirmatively responsible” for purposes of that specific contract. In addition, the order imposes requirements intended to promote “paycheck transparency” for contractor employees and limit mandatory arbitration of employee claims. Has the order been implemented?