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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

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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

A construction company in New York has been charged in the State Supreme Court with an indictment. Among the charges is for misclassifying workers as lesser-skilled in order to pay…

Missouri Amends Prevailing Wage Law

July 25, 2018

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A bill repealing part of Missouri’s prevailing wage law will go into effect on August 28, 2018. As part of the change, prevailing wage rates won’t be paid on projects…

General Contractor Pays $1.1 Million in Prevailing Wage Settlement on Long Beach High School Project

July 11, 2018

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California Labor Commissioner found that a total of 103 workers weren’t paid prevailing wage and fringe benefits by their employer, Newport Beach-based Champion Construction, Inc., a subcontractor on the construction…

General Contractors in California and Maryland Liable for Subcontractors’ Wage and Hour Violations

July 5, 2018

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