Michigan lawsuit challenges Biden vaccine mandate for federal contract employees

Source: MLIVE

A new federal lawsuit filed in Michigan Tuesday joins others across the nation challenging the constitutionality of the President Joe Biden administration’s vaccine mandate, tentatively scheduled to begin taking effect Jan. 10.

The lawsuit, filed by 11 federal contract employees, including six from Michigan, accuses the Biden administration mandate of forcing “virtually everyone who works for a federal contractor or subcontractor — even if they do not work in connection with a federal contract — to receive an emergency-use-only vaccine or else lose their jobs.”

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Lack Of Diversity In Government Contracts: A Way Forward

Source:FORBES

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, non-white populations account for nearly 40% of the adult population in 2020, and are growing faster than the country’s non-Hispanic white population. The census predicts that the U.S. will become a “minority white” population by 2045. Much like our communities, the small business landscape is becoming increasingly diverse. Despite this phenomenon, few government contracts are awarded to minority and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs).

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Labor Dept Issues Final Rule Requiring Federal Contractors to Pay $15 Minimum Wage

Source: GOVEXEC

n Monday, the Biden administration announced its final rule directing federal contractors to pay their workers a $15 minimum wage starting next year.

The rule, promulgated by the Labor Department, follows a directive from President Biden issued shortly after Inauguration Day and builds on a prior Obama-era regulation. After issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking in July, the department received about 245 comments from the public. No significant changes were made in the final rule from what was proposed, said Jessica Looman, acting administrator of the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division, on a briefing call with reporters on Monday.

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