Minimum Wage, Executive Orders, Corporate Counsel

Wave of Deregulation Hits DOL: What Employers Need to Know About the 60+ Rules on the Chopping Block

Fisher Phillips on 7/9/2025

The U.S. Department of Labor just quietly launched one of the most sweeping deregulatory efforts in recent memory, advancing over 60 proposals that could reshape workplace rules across industries. From overtime and minimum...more

Trump Executive Order Affects Federal Contractor Minimum Wage

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/25/2025

On March 14, 2025, the president issued a new executive order (EO) entitled, “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” This new executive order revokes EO 14026, issued by President Biden, which raised...more

State Law Considerations Under a New Administration

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 1/24/2025

As eyes turned toward Washington this week and what employers anticipate on a range of labor and employment law issues, practitioners are keeping a close eye on how the changing landscape at the federal level may impact state...more

Ninth Circuit Says Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Is Unlawful

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/12/2024

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the president lacks authority under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to set a federal contractor minimum wage, creating a split with other...more

Tenth Circuit Upholds Court’s Refusal to Enjoin Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Hike

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/10/2024

President Joe Biden likely has authority under the Procurement Act to raise the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors to $15 per hour, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled. Bradford v. U.S. Dep’t...more

Another Minimum Wage Increase on the Horizon for Federal Contractors

BakerHostetler on 10/4/2023

The DOL announcement comes on the heels of a federal district court in Texas blocking the enforcement of Biden’s Executive Order 14026 in three states (Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi). The federal court determined that...more

An Interesting Development in DoL’s Proposed Implementation of EO 14026’s $15 Contractor Minimum Wage

Wiley Rein LLP on 8/3/2021

WHAT: The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) published its proposed rule to implement Executive Order (EO) 14026, Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors. EO 14026, covered in our prior alert, requires increasing the...more

DOL Issues Proposed Rule Increasing Minimum Wage to $15/ Hour for Federal Contracts

Saul Ewing LLP on 7/27/2021

On July 21, 2021 the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a Proposed Rule that will raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 per hour beginning January 30, 2022. It also calls for annual, indexed increases...more

DOL Issues Proposed Rule on Raising Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour for Federal Contractor Employees

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 7/23/2021

On July 21, 2021, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) to implement President Biden’s Executive Order (the “Order”) requiring an increase of the minimum wage for certain employees of...more

Many Federal Contractors Required to Increase Minimum Wage for Workers By 2022: Highlights of the Biden Administration’s New...

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/28/2021

On April 27, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a new executive order (EO) requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to pay a $15.00 minimum wage to the thousands of workers who are working on or in connection with...more

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