U.S. Supreme Court justices on Jan. 13 rejected a request to review a lower court order on President Joe Biden’s order establishing a $15 minimum wage for federal contractors.
The justices turned down the petition from the Colorado River Outfitters Association, a rafting trade group, Duke Bradford, and Bradford’s company, Arkansas Valley Adventures.
The justices did not provide a reason for rejecting the petition, which asked them to review a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Judges on that court ruled in a 2024 split decision that Biden had the authority to compel contractors to pay employees at least $15 an hour. Biden issued the order in 2021.
Bradford, his company, and the trade group said that the minimum wage mandate would force rafting companies to take drastic action, such as eliminating longer trips, because guides typically work more than 40 hours in a week and are usually paid flat “trip salaries” rather than an hourly wage. Under a Trump-era rule, outfitters such as Arkansas Valley Adventures (AVA) were exempted from federal contractor minimum wage rules. […]
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