Leslie A. Stout-Tabackman

Leslie Stout-Tabackman is a Principal in the Washington, D.C. Region office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She has a broad-based practice counseling and representing employers on compliance with federal and state workplace laws and regulations, and designing and implementing sound practices and policies.

Ms. Stout-Tabackman regularly counsels and represents clients with matters before the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division, including Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) issues and prevailing wage and benefits issues arising under the Service Contract Act (SCA) and the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA). Her prevailing wage practice includes counseling federal contractors and providing comprehensive training on SCA and DBA prevailing wages and benefits requirements, coverage, exemption and worker classification issues, and related contracting procedures from the solicitation and bid stage through completion of the contract. Her wage and hour practice includes advising clients on compliance with the minimum wage and overtime obligations of the FLSA and state wage and hour laws, including classification of positions as exempt or nonexempt, overtime requirements for nonexempt employees, compensation policies for exempt employees, conducting voluntary FLSA compliance audits,and providing education and training sessions for clients on these topics. She regularly represents clients facing DOL FLSA, SCA and DBA audits and has advised and represented clients on these matters before the DOL’s Administrative Review Board.

In addition, Ms. Stout-Tabackman counsels clients on matters involving employment discrimination, non-compete and other employment agreements, employee performance and discipline, and termination of employment. Ms. Stout-Tabackman has extensive experience in conducting effective internal investigations of workplace claims and grievances, including harassment and other claims employers typically face.

Ms. Stout-Tabackman is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences on wage and hour and prevailing wage law matters, including presentations for the Practicing Law Institute, the Power & Communications Contractors Association, and several events hosted by the National Association of Mortgage Brokers and state -affiliated mortgage brokers’ associations regarding wage and hour compliance in the mortgage industry. In addition, she has developed and co-taught a course on prevailing wage laws and co-taught a course on covenants not to compete for the District of Columbia Bar’s Continuing Legal Education program.

She is a current contributing editor to The Fair Labor Standards Act (BNA-ABA publication) and a current senior editor of Wage and Hour Laws: A State-by-State Survey (BNA-ABA publication).

While attending law school, Ms. Stout-Tabackman served as Editor-In-Chief of the American University Law Review, received the Outstanding Graduate Award, and was elected to the Washington College of Law’s Honor Society.

Published Works

•Fair Labor Standards Act. BNA/ABA, 2nd Edition & Supplements (2009-2011) [Contributing-Editor]
•Wage and Hour Laws: A State by State Survey. BNA/ABA (2011) [Senior Editor]
•Age Discrimination in Employment Law & Supplements. BNA/ABA (2009-2011) [Contributing Editor]
•Employers Guide to Preventing Discrimination. Thompson Publishing (2008) [Co-Author]
• Focus on the Service Contract Act: 3 Part Series, Federal Employment Law Insider (May-August 2007) [Author]

Leslie A. Stout-Tabackman In the News

Patricia Anderson Pryor and Leslie Stout-Tabackman Spotlighted for Guidance in COVID-19 Webinar

March 31, 2020 • Glass Magazine

Patricia Anderson Pryor and Leslie Stout-Tabackman Discuss Families First Coronavirus Response Act

March 25, 2020 • Window + Door

Leslie Stout-Tabackman Discusses Obama-Era Contractor Regulations in Response to Recent Trump Executive Order

November 4, 2019 • POLITICO

Leslie A. Stout-Tabackman Publications

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D.C. Council Passes Emergency Relief COVID-19 Bill Expanding Unemployment Benefits, Paid Sick Leave

April 15, 2020

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‘Stay at Home, DC!’

March 31, 2020

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New Relief for Government Contractors When Certain Employees Cannot Work due to COVID-19 Pandemic

March 27, 2020

Webinars

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Practical Guidance for Federal Contractors Navigating a COVID-19 Environment

1 - 2:15 PM EST
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Increasing Profits and Limiting Exposure on Prevailing Wage Public Works Contracts - What Construction Employers Need to Know

2 - 3:00 PM EST
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Leslie A. Stout-Tabackman Blog Posts

The EPL Advisor

The U.S. DOL Today Released Its Final Rule Requiring Paid Sick Leave for Contractors

September 29, 2016
Benefits Law Advisor

Government Contractors:

April 4, 2016