As we previously reported, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor has published proposed regulations implementing Executive Order 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.” The agency must solicit, review, and consider public comments before submitting the proposed regulations to the White House Office of Continue Reading...
New Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Proposed Rule Analyzed
As previously noted, the OFCCP has published a proposed rule implementing Executive Order (E.O.) 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.” The new executive order builds on E.O. 13658, “Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors,” signed by President Obama in 2014. Beginning January 30, 2022, the federal contractor minimum wage Continue Reading...
OFCCP Publishes Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Proposed Rule
The OFCCP will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in tomorrow’s Federal Register implementing Executive Order (E.O.) 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.” The Notice clocks in at 233 pages, so a full analysis will be forthcoming, but here are the basics for now. On April 27, 2021, President Biden signed E.O. 14026, Continue Reading...
Executive Order Raises Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers
President Biden has issued an executive order superseding (for the most part) order 13658, “Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors,” issued in 2014. The previous order established a minimum wage of $10.10 per hour for most federal contractor employees for work performed on a qualifying federal contract or subcontract ($4.90 for tipped Continue Reading...
Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Set to Rise $0.35 Per Hour January 1, 2021
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has published notice in the Federal Register that the minimum wage for workers performing on or in connection with a federal contract under Executive Order 13658 will rise thirty-five cents per hour from $10.60 to $10.95 effective January 1, 2021. The minimum wage for covered tipped workers Continue Reading...
