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Washington State Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, announces his 2019 legislative agenda, which includes a bill that enables the state to penalize employers for not paying their workers the prevailing wage,…

New Jersey Senate Passes Bill To Allow Stop-Work Orders Against Employers Who Violate Prevailing Wage Law

December 19, 2018

State Law Updates

New Jersey Senate Bill, S-2557, which permits the issuance of stop-work orders against an employer if that employer has paid a worker less than the prevailing wage, cleared the Senate…

NY Court of Appeals Held that Apprentice Wages Can Only Be Paid for Tasks Within the Apprenticeship Program

November 15, 2018

In International Union of Painters & Allied Trades, Dist. Council No. 4 v. New York State Dept. of Labor, the New York State Court of Appeals held that apprentices who…

Hurricane Michael’s Impact on Transportation and Public Works

October 11, 2018

Local Law Updates, State Law Updates

In the wake of Hurricane Michael, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is currently preparing roadways for impacts from the hurricane and has suspended all construction operations from the roadways.…

New Jersey Revising Penalties Under Prevailing Wage Act

September 19, 2018

Bill A-1852 was passed by the New Jersey Assembly Labor Committee on September 17, 2018. Under the bill, upon conviction of a first or second violation under the Prevailing Wage…

Contractor Charged for Falsifying CPRs on La Guardia Airport Project

August 23, 2018

In New York, a contractor has been arrested for allegedly submitting false certified payrolls on a project at La Guardia Aiport, which resulted in 28 construction workers being underpaid by…

Ninth Circuit Upholds California’s SB 954 Requiring Public Works Employers to Obtain Employee Collective Consent before Contributing to Anti-Union IAFs

August 16, 2018

Interpipe Contracting, Inc. and the Associated Builders and Contractors of California Cooperation Committee, Inc. challenged SB 954, which amended the Labor Code to clarify that employers may take a wage…

ABC Test Makes Misclassification a Bigger Risk

August 8, 2018

State Law Updates

California recently adopted the “ABC Test” for business owners to use in order to prove that a worker is an independent contractor and not an employee. It is also being…

Construction Company in New York Indicted for Wage Theft and Insurance Fraud

August 2, 2018