This is a weekly post spotlighting labor topics in focus by the US legislative and executive branches during the previous week.

In this issue, we cover:

• Federal Vaccine Mandate Updates
• COVID-19 Updates
• America COMPETES Act Unveiled
• Unions Update
• Burma Business Advisory Issued

On January 28, U.S. President Joe Biden was in Pittsburgh to spotlight his Administration’s efforts to strengthening the nation’s supply chains, revitalize American manufacturing and create union jobs via the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Notably, his visit came just hours after a bridge unexpectedly collapsed in Pittsburgh that had injuries, but no deaths, reported.

This coming Sunday (January 30), nearly 70,000 federal workers will immediately start to earn $15 an hour, and 300,000 employees of federal contractors will start to see a raise to $15 an hour reflected in their paychecks over the course of the year. In a statement on Friday, President Biden urged Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

The U.S. Congress will return to session on February 1, after being in recess this past week.

Federal Vaccine Mandate Updates. On January 26, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) withdrew its vaccine or test emergency temporary standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees, effective that day, upon publication in The Federal Register. While OSHA withdrew the ETS as an enforceable ETS, it is not withdrawing it as a proposed...

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