Recently this series addressed Florida’s increasing minimum wage
Since that article, on November 22, 2021 the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S Department of Labor announce a final rule (Executive Order 14026) which, effective January 30, 2022, increases the minimum wage for certain federal contractors to $15 per hour.
As reported in the Department of Labor’s November 22, 2021 e-newsletter:
Executive Order 14026 implements new requirements, including:
- Increasing the hourly minimum wage for certain federal contractors to $15 beginning January 30, 2022.
- Continues to index the minimum wage to an inflation measure in future years.
- Eliminates the tipped minimum wage for federal contractors by 2024.
- Ensures a $15 minimum wage for workers with disabilities performing work on or in connection with covered contracts.
- Restores minimum wage protections to outfitters and guides operating on federal lands.
The final rule becomes effective January 30, 2022.
Please visit www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/eo14026 for full details on Executive Order 14026.
While the federal government’s wage activities do not directly impact all of Florida’s employers – except those which are federal contractors, of course – those increases can exert competitive pressure on all employers seeking to recruit and retain workers, and can serve as a ‘wave’ type force which works to increase the effective minimum wage throughout the economy.
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