The US Department of Labor is proposing a return to the previously used (almost 40 years ago) three-step process in determining “prevailing wage” under the Davis-Bacon Act instead of the current two-step process. The new definition will likely increase prevailing wage rates, and ultimately, the cost of federal construction projects.
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