February 25, 2025
An outdoor group renewed its bid to block former President Joe Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a ruling rejecting the group's preliminary injunction request, telling a Colorado federal court the wage hike is illegal.
February 24, 2025
Several ongoing challenges in federal courts to U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour rules are on hold as President Donald Trump’s administration settles in, leaving the fate of regulations impacting businesses and millions of workers uncertain. Here’s a look at the cases and the rules they are challenging.
May 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has rolled out plans for rules addressing specific topics such as overtime, minimum wage and tipped workers, as well as broader issues such as how to decide whether wage and hour protections even apply. Here, Law360 reviews the status of the Wage and Hour Division's rulemaking.
January 24, 2023
Recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings reining in federal agencies that overstep their mandate from Congress are likely to be the anchor of legal challenges to recent Wage and Hour Division rules, former agency officials told Law360.
January 19, 2023
A Colorado federal judge administratively closed a case challenging the U.S. Department of Labor's rule requiring a minimum wage increase, declining to grant either side a win before the Tenth Circuit resolves an interlocutory appeal over whether an injunction should be applied to block the rule.
August 03, 2022
A group of progressive policy organizations urged a Colorado federal judge to grant the U.S. Department of Labor a win in its defense of the $15 minimum wage for federal contractors, arguing that the $4.05 hike will correct wage gaps for marginalized workers.
August 02, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor defended its implementation of the Biden administration's rule increasing federal contractors' minimum hourly wage to $15, telling a Colorado federal judge Tuesday that the president didn't overstep his authority when he mandated the wage hike.
July 01, 2022
Wage and hour cases returned to the U.S. Supreme Court after the justices skipped them last term. Meanwhile, lower courts have thwarted President Joe Biden's actions on independent contractor classification and minimum wage. Here, Law360 recaps four major rulings in the first half of 2022.
June 16, 2022
A Biden administration rule increasing federal contractors' minimum wage to $15 an hour doesn't apply to two outdoor recreation groups, the organizations said, arguing that they aren't government contractors and that the wage hike is unlawful.
April 13, 2022
Since President Joe Biden took office, the U.S. Department of Labor has been busy undoing the previous administration’s actions and establishing its regulations. From tipped minimum wage to joint employer liability and independent contractor classification, here are six rules that have kept the Biden administration busy.