Valerie Hoffman and Alexander Passantino Quoted in Law360
"Contractors Must Offer Jobs To Predecessor Workers, Feds Say"

Seyfarth Shaw Labor & Employment partner Valerie Hoffman and senior counsel Alexander Passantino were quoted recently in a Law360 article on new regulations requiring government contractors to take over service work from other companies to offer jobs to their predecessors' employees.

"The rule," Val said, "will force contractors to incur more costs when taking over a project."

"It's an admirable effort to ensure continued employment for workers that might otherwise be displaced, but there are very real practical issues," Val commented.

Alex noted that the rule change creates a "difficult evidentiary burden" for contractors who don't hire their predecessor's employees and can even create compliance issues when they are given incomplete or incorrect information.

"The executive order and the rules limit contractors' ability to establish their own workforce," he said.