On Monday, a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction blocking nearly all the provisions in the regulations implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Notably, the court blocked provisions mandating contractor reporting of labor law violations and prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration agreements related to torts based on sexual assault or harassment or matters arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The court cited numerous issues with the regulations, holding it was substantially likely the rules exceeded the authority of the issuing agencies; conflict with existing labor and employment laws; and violate contractors’ First Amendment and due process rights. However, the court allowed the paycheck transparency requirements to stand. Those will go into effect January 1, 2017.

This article was published by PubKLaw on October 26. Click here to read the full alert written by Eric Crusius.