To “promote economy and efficiency in federal government procurement,” the Trump administration on Thursday rolled back an Obama policy that had limited some contractors’ hiring options.
The Obama administration issued the “Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts” executive order less than two weeks after President Obama’s inauguration in 2009. The order required service contractors who were taking over government work from another company to offer jobs to nonmanagerial employees at the previous firm first before hiring others. “A carryover work force reduces disruption to the delivery of services during the period of transition between contractors and provides the federal government the benefits of an experienced and trained workforce,” Obama’s Labor Department stated. However, in the Trump administration's effort to deregulate the government, Trump’s executive order will rescind the Obama policy.
The Trump order halts the implementation of all rules, guidelines and programs related to the Obama-policy as well as terminates any investigations and compliance actions. The order is “straightforward for contractors, agencies and individuals to digest,” said Craig Smith, government contracts attorney at the law firm Wiley Rein LLP.
The Communications Workers of America, a union that represents 700,000 private and public sector workers, criticized the president for revoking Obama’s order. Trump’s move will make it “easier for federal contractors to fire people and force them to uproot their lives even when their job isn’t going anywhere,” said Chris Shelton, CWA president. “The leader of our government should be putting th ..
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