Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, WHITE HOUSE NEWS—Additional executive orders revoked by Trump, (Mar 17, 2025)
By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.
In addition to an order increasing the minimum wage for federal contractors, Biden’s “Good Jobs” order was revoked.
On Friday, the White House announced the revocation of nearly 20 “Harmful” executive orders and presidential actions. They included, among others, Executive Order 14026 of April 27, 2021 (Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors); Presidential Memorandum of November 16, 2023 (Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights, and High Labor Standards Globally); Executive Order 14119 of March 6, 2024 (Scaling and Expanding the Use of Registered Apprenticeships in Industries and the Federal Government and Promoting Labor-Management Forums); and Executive Order 14126 of September 6, 2024 (Investing in America and Investing in American Workers).
There were also orders revoked relating to human rights, energy, foreign policy and national security workforce, bioeconomy, arms transfer and national defense, and tribal nations.
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