Executive Order Increases the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors—What Is the Impact?

Blank Rome – Legal developments aimed at government contractors do not always make headline news in mainstream media, but the recent Executive Order on Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors, April 27, 2021 (“Executive Order”), did get widespread attention, perhaps because it is viewed by some in political circles as the next best thing for an administration that sees substantial congressional hurdles for more broadly applicable minimum wage increase legislation.