President Joe Biden has signed a指示requiring federal contractors, including those working on construction projects, to pay their workers a minimum wage of $15 per hour, beginning with new contracts and extensions next year.

[View the White House fact sheet这里.]

但美国总承包商and Associated Builders and Contractors see little impact on wages on federal construction projects from the executive order, which Biden signed on April 27.

这是因为许多这样的项目受到《戴维斯 - 巴肯法案》新利18备用网址的普遍工资要求的约束，这通常导致每小时的薪水高于15美元。

ABC监管，劳工和州事务副总裁本·布鲁贝克（Ben Brubeck）在一封电子邮件声明中说：“该行政命令的主要关注点不是工资率本身，而是行政部门的非法和前所未有的权力掌握直接违反“戴维斯 - 巴肯和服务合同法”的新最低工资。

行政命令表示，其要求将适用于任何新的“采购合同或类似于服务或建筑的合同工具”。它还适用于合同中行使的新招标，扩展，合同续订或期权。该规定于2022年3月30日生效。

此外，该指令表示，最低工资将在2022年之后每年为通货膨胀索引。

The new benchmark represents a 37% increase over the current minimum wage on federal contracts of $10.95 per hour.

对于也收到提示的联邦合同工，该指令提供新的每小时最低现金工资10.50美元，高于每小时7.65美元。

Brian Turmail, AGC spokesman, said in an emailed statement, “This executive order is likely to have little impact on construction contractors,” because, in part, of Davis-Bacon Act requirements. That law, enacted in 1931, applies to contracts valued at $2,000 or more and mandates paying wages at prevailing levels in the area where a project is located.

Turmail说：“在该国相对较少的地区，现行工资率低于每小时15美元，这意味着政府估算员将不得不考虑和付费，而要收取比今天要完成的项目更多。”新利18备用网址

North America's Building Trades Unions did not respond immediately to ENR's request for comment.

The Biden administration sees a variety of benefits from the executive order. The directive says, "Raising the minimum wage enhances worker productivity and generates higher-quality work by boosting workers' health, morale and effort; reducing absenteeism and turnover; and lowering supervisory and training costs."

该指令还指出，劳工部长将在11月24日之前发布针对新工资水平的法规。