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Biden EAP Overtime Exemption Rule Vacated, as Judge Sounds Death Knell for Increased Salary Thresholds

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On November 15, 2024, U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan of the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Biden Administration’s overtime exemption rule. The final rule, which went into effect on July 1, 2024, included a...more

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Ninth Circuit Panel Rejects EO 14026 Contractor Minimum Wage

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WHAT: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a split decision in Nebraska v. Su holding that Executive Order (EO) 14026, commonly known as the $15 contractor minimum wage, exceeded the President’s authority...more

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Texas Federal Court Bars Enforcement of $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors Against Three States

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President Joe Biden exceeded his authority under the Procurement Act when he issued an executive order (EO 14026) raising the minimum wage rate for employees of federal contractors to $15 per hour, a federal court in Texas...more

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Lawsuits Filed Challenging the DOL Dual Jobs Final Rule, $15 Federal Contractor Minimum Wage

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Several recent lawsuits have been filed in federal court, one challenging the Dual Jobs Final Rule published by the Department of Labor (DOL) that became effective in late December 2021, and two others filed this week by...more

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More EO Activity: Contractor Minimum Wage Implementation and the Return of the Nondisplacement Rule

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What: Just before Thanksgiving, the Government took two actions likely to affect many federal service and construction contractors’ pricing and staffing decisions. The Biden Administration issued Executive Order (EO) 14055 to...more

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Federal Contractors’ Alert: Minimum Wage for Workers Is Going Up January 30, 2022

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With the help of the US Department of Labor (DOL), the Biden Administration made good on its promise to increase the minimum wage for workers who work on new or updated federal contracts (including extended, renewed, or...more

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DOL Publishes Final Rule Implementing President Biden’s $15 Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Executive Order 14026

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The Department of Labor (DOL) has published its Final Rule implementing President Biden’s April 27, 2021, Executive Order 14026 raising the minimum wage from $10.95 an hour to $15 an hour (with increases to be published...more

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Federal Contractor $15 Minimum Wage Rule Finalized; Takes Effect January 30, 2022

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The DOL today published the Final Rule implementing the $15 per hour minimum wage for federal contractor workers who work on or in connection with covered contracts, which President Biden authorized by in Executive Order...more

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Proposed Regulations Implementing $15 Hourly Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Executive Order

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The Department of Labor (DOL) is publishing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) detailing proposed regulations implementing new minimum wage requirements that certain federal contractors must pay workers performing work...more

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Proposed Regulations Implementing $15 Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Issued

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As covered in our last blog post on this topic, President Biden issued Executive Order 14026 on April 27, 2021 raising to $15 per hour the minimum wage certain federal contractors must pay workers performing work “on or in...more

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Federal Contractor $15 Minimum Wage Will Apply Beginning January 30, 2022

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President Joseph Biden has fulfilled a promise to significantly increase the minimum wage for federal contractor workers working “on or in connection with” a covered federal contract. He has issued an executive order raising...more

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President Biden Issues an Executive Order Increasing the Minimum Wage for Many Employees of Federal Contractors to $15.00

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The Executive Order is projected to increase the hourly wage paid to hundreds of thousands of Federal contractor employees. President Biden issued an Executive Order raising to $15.00 per hour the minimum wage that Federal...more

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President Biden To Issue Executive Order Today Directing $15 Minimum Wage For Federal Contractors

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The White House has released a Fact Sheet detailing an expected Executive Order from President Biden raising the minimum wage for certain federal contractors to $15 an hour by March 2022. The new executive order will expand...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments For January 2021

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1. President Joe Biden summarily removed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Peter Robb from office on January 20, 2021, and removed Robb’s deputy, Alice Stock the following day. On January 25, 2021,...more

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Labor Department Issues Another Minimum Wage Rule For High-Skilled Workers

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Apparently undeterred by prior litigation striking it down, the Department of Labor (DOL) has published another rule in the Federal Register raising minimum wages for high-skilled workers. The “Strengthening Wage Protections...more

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