A group of Republican-led states is suing to block an executive order by President Joe Biden that boosts the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour, accusing him of “social engineering by executive fiat.”
Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Nebraska and South Carolina allege that Biden is trying to bypass Congress’s rejection of the wage increase in a coronavirus relief package by using the executive order, which also requires contractors to pay more overtime.
“The United States is not a dictatorship,” the states said in a draft complaint, which Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said was filed in Arizona federal court. The filing couldn’t be confirmed on the court docket.
The states claim the minimum wage rule will make federal contracting more expensive. They say the administration is acting in the service of “social ends rather than efficiency-based ones, which is not a permissible basis for regulation.”
BREAKING: Our office just sued the Biden administration over its Contractor Minimum Wage Mandate that increases the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 and expands overtime requirements for federal contractors. https://t.co/eRkQgTWq0M
— Mark Brnovich (@GeneralBrnovich) February 8, 2022
Biden’s order covers 500,000 businesses that employ a fifth of the U.S. labor force, according to the complaint. It applies to industries as varied as law enforcement, fast food restaurants, whitewater rafting and universities, the states claim.
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