May 09, 2022
A group of labor organizations and unions urged two federal judges to toss a pair of lawsuits challenging President Joe Biden's executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors, saying the president has the power to mandate the wage hike under federal procurement law.
May 06, 2022
President Joe Biden had the authority to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour, Democratic attorneys general from 19 states and the District of Columbia told a Texas federal judge, urging the court to ax a lawsuit challenging the rule implementing the wage increase.
May 02, 2022
The Biden administration has asked a federal judge in Texas to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi alleging the president acted outside the scope of his authority when he increased the minimum wage to $15 per hour for federal contractors.
February 10, 2022
Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Thursday, alleging that the Biden administration acted outside the scope of its authority when it decided to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour for federal contractors.