The Economic Policy Institute (“EPI”) is a non-profit organization with over thirty-five years of experience analyzing the effects of economic policy on the lives of working people in the United States. [...] EPI has studied and produced extensive research examining how minimum wage affects workers and the economy, who benefits from the minimum wage, and how the declining value of the federal minimum wage over time has contributed to the growth in U. [...] Based on review of relevant precedent and the literature and studies cited by the Department of Labor in its regulations1 implementing the federal contactor minimum wage requirements established by Executive Order 14,026,2 the attached brief reflects Amici’s position that the regulations are lawful and advance economy and efficiency for the federal government. [...] 2 Appellate Case: 22-1023 Document: 01011064563070 Date Filed: 02/15/2022 Page: 9 The Procurement Act vests in the President “broad-ranging authority” with “necessary flexibility.”6 The Act’s stated purpose is to provide the government “with an economical and efficient system” for activities including “[p]rocuring and supplying property and nonpersonal services.”7 The Act grants the President wide. [...] The Department properly relied on evidence demonstrating the benefits of an increased minimum wage that indicate “the efficiency and economy gained in government procurement.”25 Studies and literature cited in the Rule show the link between increased wages and efficiencies, including morale and productivity increases and decreases in employee turnover and absenteeism, and the larger social benefit.
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