Tying Labor to Public Cash Will Cost Biden, Industry Warns (2)

A top labor official says employers should go beyond the Biden administration’s new wage and labor requirements on federal infrastructure and green energy projects, setting up a potential clash with construction industry groups who complain the rules will shut out certain businesses.

“We really want to make sure that people understand that there’s opportunity to do more than pay the prevailing wages, that they can also provide good benefits on top of those wages,” said Wage and Hour Administrator Jessica Looman of President Joe Biden’s most recent executive order on wage and labor priorities for federal agency investments.

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