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Pres. Biden To Raise Minimum Wage For Federal Contractors

Pres. Biden an executive order to raise increase the minimum wage from just under $11 an hour to $15 an hour by January 30 of next year.

Pres. Biden To Raise Minimum Wage For Federal Contractors
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Article by Kamil Zawadzki
SMS
April 27, 2021

President Biden is issuing an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay employees a minimum wage of $15 an hour by January 30th of next year. The current baseline is just under $11 an hour.

The president tried to boost the federal minimum wage for the whole U.S. labor force in his COVID relief bill but the provision got cut.

The White House thinks the raise for contract workers will push wages up for non-government employees amid competition for labor.