The Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Labor and Pension Law provides legal support to DOE headquarters and field personnel regarding matters arising under DOE contracts pertaining to labor standards laws, labor relations laws, workforce restructuring, compensation, employee pension and other benefit plans, and other related issues as necessary. The office reviews Congressional inquiries and proposed legislation related to the above subject matter areas, and proposed rulemakings to revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation and rulemakings initiated by DOE to revise the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation.
The Assistant General Counsel for Labor and Pension Law has been designated as the Department's Labor Compliance Advisor for purposes of EO 13673, "Fair Wages and Safe Workplaces."
Assistant General Counsel for Contractor Human Resources (GC-63)
Labor Compliance Advisor
DOE Order 350.3
DOE Order 350.3
Attachment 1 - Listing of Defense Nuclear Facilities
Attachment 2 - General Workforce Restructuring Plan Template
Attachment 3 - Announcement of Draft Workforce Restructuring Plan
Attachment 4 - Section 3161 Rehiring Preference for Eligible Separated Employees
Attachment 5 - Self-Select Voluntary Separation Plan Template
Attachment 6 - Involuntary Separation Plan Template
Attachment 7 - Separation Programs Releases and Waivers
Attachment 8 - Adverse Diversity Analysis Guidance
Attachment 8(a) - WFR disparate impact chart example completed
Attachment 8(b) - WFR disparate impact chart clean
Attachment 9 - Involuntary Separation Program General Release and Waiver
Workforce Restructuring Guidance
Workforce Restructuring Guidance, signed by Secretary Chu (May 2011)
Labor and Pension Resources
Department of Labor Websites:
Davis-Bacon Act Assistance
Wage Determinations
Service Contract Act
Office of the Solicitor
National Labor Relations Board:
NLRB Research
Publications
Cases and Decisions
Pension/Retirement related websites:
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Applicable Documents:
DOE Attorney Procurement Conference - Contractor Workforce Issues
Secretarial Memorandum regarding DOE’s BenVal System, dated June 21, 2016
Secretarial October 2015 ‘If you are in, you’re in’ pension policy statement
