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Despite the Government’s View to the Contrary, It is Still Legal for Government Contractors to Make a Profit

December 10, 2012

When it comes to Time and Material or Labor Hour contracts many contractors might not know all of their rights concerning what is an acceptable amount of profit.…

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Articles · Government Contract & Compliance · WHDI Blog

Peering Over the Fiscal Cliff

November 30, 2012

Many government contractors and other business are standing on the edge of the fiscal cliff that occurs on January 1, 2013; namely, the automatic 10% government-wide across the…

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Articles · Labor & Employment · WHDI Blog

Ascertaining the Scope of a Conditionally Certified Class in Texas

November 29, 2012

In Lopez v. Bombay Pizza Co., 2012 WL 5397192 (S.D. Tex., Nov. 5, 2012) the Court was faced with the issue of defining the scope of a conditionally…

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Articles · Labor & Employment · WHDI Blog

Elder Care and the Companionship Service Exemption to FLSA[i]

November 27, 2012

Employee productivity is directly impacted by family care issues. In fact, more employee productivity is spent on elder-care issues than on child-care issues.[ii] It is estimated that as…

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Articles · Government Contract & Compliance · WHDI Blog

The Service Contract Act – Part 1

May 10, 2012

The Service Contract Act (SCA) generally requires that government contractors on service contracts, with certain limited exceptions, pay a “prevailing wage” to their employees in each specified locality…

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Update on Executive and Employee Compensation in Government Contracts

May 9, 2012

The Government is in constant pursuit of later for ways to save money and, for many in the government, there is no better place to do that than…

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Houston Courts Deny Conditional Certification in Two FLSA Collective Actions

May 8, 2012

In Richardson v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (S.D. Tex., February 2, 2012) and Andel v. Patterson-UTI Drilling Co., LLC, (S.D. Tex., February 15, 2012), the Houston Federal Court…

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A “Day Rate” By Any Other Name May Not Be a Day Rate

April 7, 2012

One issue that seems to yield an endless barrage of confusion in the oil fields and off-shore activities germane to the Texas oil and gas business is the…

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