Promise Details
Biden pledged that federal contractors and federal workers would see a raise in minimum wage to $15/hour, aiming to set wage standard and boost low-income incomes. He signed executive orders increasing pay for some federal workers and raised contractor wage standards. Full universal application faced legislative obstacles. Some increases took effect; broader boost to all federal workers did not fully materialize.
Why it is broken
The promise aimed for raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hr across the board. While executive orders raised the wage to $15 for many federal employees and contractors, no legislation was passed to increase the statutory federal minimum wage for all workers. DOL page on minimum wage for federal contractors (EO 14026) is indicating that this rule covers only contractors but it is not universal.
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