Tala Doumani is a student at Harvard Law School.
A federal contractor minimum wage increase to $15 an hour is slated to go into effect Jan. 30. In April 2021, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14026 increasing the minimum pay of federal contractors. The purpose of the Order, in an announcement made by the Labor Department, is to enhance “worker productivity, generate higher-quality work by bolstering employee health, morale, and effort” as well as improve economic security of these workers and their families, many of whom are women and people of color. The Order contains provisions that require the minimum wage in future years to be indexed against inflation. Notably, the Order also eliminated the tipped minimum wage for contract employees and ensures at least $15 an hour for workers with disabilities. The increase will apply to new federal contracts as well as renewals and extensions of existing contracts. Over 320,000 federal contract employees will benefit from the new increase.
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July 9
In Today’s News and Commentary, the Supreme Court green-lights mass firings of federal workers, the Agricultural Secretary suggests Medicaid recipients can replace deported farm workers, and DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans. In an 8-1 emergency docket decision released yesterday afternoon, the Supreme Court lifted an injunction by U.S. District Judge Susan […]
July 8
In today’s news and commentary, Apple wins at the Fifth Circuit against the NLRB, Florida enacts a noncompete-friendly law, and complications with the No Tax on Tips in the Big Beautiful Bill. Apple won an appeal overturning a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that the company violated labor law by coercively questioning an employee […]
July 7
LA economy deals with fallout from ICE raids; a new appeal challenges the NCAA antitrust settlement; and the EPA places dissenting employees on leave.
July 6
Municipal workers in Philadelphia continue to strike; Zohran Mamdani collects union endorsements; UFCW grocery workers in California and Colorado reach tentative agreements.
July 4
The DOL scraps a Biden-era proposed rule to end subminimum wages for disabled workers; millions will lose access to Medicaid and SNAP due to new proof of work requirements; and states step up in the noncompete policy space.
July 3
California compromises with unions on housing; 11th Circuit rules against transgender teacher; Harvard removes hundreds from grad student union.