​DOL Confirms it Will Comply With New Court Order on Wage Rates

​The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it plans to comply with a new U.S. district court order ruling that the agency violated the Administrative Procedure Act by failing to engage in the proper rule-making process for a new interim final rule (IFR) that implemented significant and immediate increases in prevailing wage rates for skilled foreign workers. The court order, issued December 1, 2020, is effective nationwide and sets aside the IFR in its entirety, which had raised wage rates precipitously (tripling minimum wage rates for certain locations and occupations).

In response, the DOL confirmed that it will comply with the court order and will issue revised wage rates (at pre-October 8, 2020 levels) to replace the 10/8/2020-6/30/2021 wage source year data improperly implemented under the IFR. Click here for details.