Missouri Amends Prevailing Wage Law
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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…
Read More General Contractor Pays $1.1 Million in Prevailing Wage Settlement on Long Beach High School Project
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…
Read More General Contractors in California and Maryland Liable for Subcontractors’ Wage and Hour Violations
California and Maryland state laws hold general contractors directly liable for subcontractors’ failure to observe wage and hour requirements for their employees on construction projects. While there have been similar…
Read More Prevailing Wage Law Repealed in Michigan
On June 6, 2018, the Michigan Legislature repealed the state’s decades-old prevailing wage law. The repeal will go into effect immediately without the need for a signature from Governor Rick…
Read More Michigan Supreme Court Puts Prevailing Wage Repeal Vote on Hold
The Michigan Supreme Court issued a stay that suspended a lower court order which would have certified a petition to repeal the State’s prevailing wage law. The unions say the…
Read More New Jersey Task Force to Examine Misclassification in Construction Industry
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an Executive Order which authorizes a task force to examine the issue of worker misclassification. The review is specifically focusing on the construction industry.…
Read More Contractor to Pay $1.5 Million Settlement Over Claims of Prevailing Wage Violations
Construction company in Burlington County, New Jersey will be paying $1.5 million as part of a settlement over allegations that they routinely entered into construction contracts with state and federal…
Read More Measure to Repeal Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law Advances to State Legislature
After an initial controversy involving the legitimacy of some signatures on a petition to repeal Michigan’s prevailing wage law, the Bureau of Elections has now confirmed that there are in…
Read More Governor of Rhode Island Supports Prevailing Wage
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, who is running for another term, told the Building Trades unions that she supports prevailing wage law. She has a $1 billion plan to replace…
Read More Illinois Company Seeking Exemption from New Prevailing Wage Requirements for 5 Townships in Cook County
Private company in Illinois is working with local city councils and village boards to ask that the Cook County Board exempt five of the county’s 30 townships (Bloom, Bremen, Calumet,…
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