Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 14055: Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Required successor federal service contractors to offer covered jobs to qualified employees of the predecessor contractor before recruiting elsewhere.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 14055 still in effect? No. Revoked January 20, 2025; implementing rule rescinded.

Workers cross a bridge formed by hands between workplaces and a government building.
Continuity of service-contract employment, illustrated symbolically; not a guarantee that every worker receives a job offer or retains every employment term. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14055 do?

Labor was to write implementing regulations, the acquisition council to update procurement rules, and contracting agencies to include the required clause.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedNovember 18, 2021
Lead officialsLabor Department, FAR Council and contracting agencies
Express timingLabor regulations within 180 days; FAR implementation within 60 days after the final rule

Before and after

Before the order

The 2009 nondisplacement order had been revoked in 2019, leaving no government-wide successor hiring preference.

After the order

Labor issued 29 CFR part 9 and the FAR Council amended procurement rules. EO 14148 revoked EO 14055; Labor later rescinded the implementing rule. No material merits litigation altered the order while operative.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
LaborIssue implementing regulations180 days
FAR CouncilAmend federal procurement rules60 days after Labor rule
Contracting agenciesInsert clauses and enforce offersCovered solicitations and contracts

What happened next

EO 14055 signed.

Labor published its final implementing rule.

EO 14148 revoked EO 14055.