The New Hampshire Senate passed SB 271, which would require contractors on state public work projects to pay prevailing wages and benefits.  Currently, New Hampshire is the only state in…

Nevada Assembly Bill 136 proposes lowering the threshold amount for projects that must comply with prevailing wage law from $250,000 to $100,000. See here for more information: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB136.pdf

Although New Hampshire repealed its prevailing law back in the mid-1980s, the State Senate is now considering a measure that would require contractors on state public works projects to pay prevailing wages…

Last year, Michigan voted to repeal their prevailing wage law.  Since then, the group Protect Michigan Jobs, filed a lawsuit to overturn the initiative on the alleged basis that it was…

The Republican party put forth a bill to make Ohio’s prevailing wage law optional on the state’s government construction projects.  However, the bill is expected to be met with resistance.…

California’s Court of Appeal recently held that a company employees sorting recyclables at a recycling facility owned by a sanitation district was subject to prevailing wages.  This expands the definition…

Illinois Governor Pritzker signed several bills this week to protect employees and their wages, including a bill that ensures the Illinois Department of Labor (DOL) will engage in collective bargaining…

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,…