Chris Wilkinson Quoted in Bloomberg Law— Subcontractors Gear Up for More Bias Audits as U.S. Plans Rule

Senior Counsel Chris Wilkinson was quoted in "Subcontractors Gear Up for More Bias Audits as U.S. Plans Rule," an article in Bloomberg Law, regarding the Biden administration plans that would allow the U.S. Labor Department to more easily target federal subcontractors for audits aimed at exposing workplace discrimination and affirmative action violations.

"To the extent that this is seeking to have contractors and subcontractors have record keeping or AAP obligations as they relate to gender identity and sexual orientation, this would be a sea change," said Chris, a former Labor Department attorney who now counsels employers at Perkins Coie LLP in Washington.

"Having workers provide that information in an open way, that would then allow contractors and subcontractors to perhaps set some level of goals for those groups," he said.