Webinar
What Happened in (Government) FY 2025 and What to Be Prepared for in FY 2026
Government contractors are often subject to specific labor and employment requirements, and changes to those requirements can significantly impact contractors’ HR activities and their ability to secure government contracts. Government FY 2025 (which ended September 30) brought numerous changes. This CLE program will provide an overview of many of them, including:
October 22, 2025
12:00 PM CT
If you are interested in receiving CA, IL, MO, NY, or TX CLE credit for watching the recorded presentation, you must register for the program by clicking here.
- Executive Order 14173 (Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity), the revocation of Executive Order 11246 (which previously required affirmative action programs), and updates from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
- The $15 contractor minimum wage
- Revisions to the Davis-Bacon Act
- The FAR rewrite (focused on labor and employment provisions)
- Project labor agreements
- Bid protests that involved and impacted labor and employment activities
The presentation will highlight current challenges, emerging trends, and best practices for staying compliant and mitigating risk. It will conclude with a discussion of what to expect for the remainder of FY 2026, helping attendees prepare for what lies ahead.
TC partner Jayna Marie Rust will lead this one-hour session, designed for legal, HR, and compliance professionals working with government contracts.
CLE
The live presentation of this webinar was approved for 1.0 hour of general CLE credit in California, Illinois, and Texas; 1.2 hours of general CLE credit in Missouri; and 1.0 hour of professional practice CLE credit in New York. Please visit the CLE Overview page to see how the CLE credit for this recorded webinar can be applied in CA, IL, MO, NY, & TX.
If you are interested in receiving CA, IL, MO, NY, or TX CLE credit for watching the recorded presentation, you must register for the program by clicking here.
Participants will only be emailed a Certificate of Attendance if the webinar is viewed in its entirety. If you were unable to view the webinar in its entirety, please contact webinarinquiries@thompsoncoburn.com to see if you are eligible to receive partial credit.
If you do not receive your Certificate of Completion, please e-mail webinarinquiries@thompsoncoburn.com.
