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(For additional guidance on the application of multiple prevailing wage rates, see All Agency Memoranda 131 and 236.) If the prevailing wage rate for a specific type of worker in a specific location ...

A new paper looks at "prevailing wage law," which requires a minimum rate for workers on government contracts. The researchers found this practice boosts pay and benefits for workers.

If there is no published prevailing wage determination for a particular geographic area and type of construction, the taxpayer must proactively request a wage rate or wage determination by ...

Forcing federally funded public works projects to pay the so-called prevailing wage is a classic case of robbing Peter to pay Paul. The intention behind the Davis-Bacon Wage Act, which ...

See Karla Walter, Malkie Wall, and Alex Rowell, “A How-To Guide for Strengthening State and Local Prevailing Wage Laws: Raising Standards for Government-Funded Work” (Washington: Center for ...

The bond financing program would no longer fall under a 100% prevailing wage policy, allowing smaller organizations to borrow money in the capital market at investment-grade rates. “If a developer ...

The prevailing wage depends on the job type, but generally is defined as union wage scale. Renee Holloman, a consultant from Bridges Group International, a North Carolina consulting firm hired to ...

Less than two weeks ago, Michigan became the sixth state since 2015 to repeal its prevailing wage law — a law that uses market surveys to establish local minimum wage rates for different types ...

A 1984 law outlaws the use of a prevailing wage, but Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes opined in June 2023 that a 2006 law allowing cities to establish a minimum wage takes priority. She said a ...

The governor included a prevailing wage bill in the 2021 budget Gov. Andrew Cuomo has revived efforts to require union-level wages on certain publicly funded projects.

With two new members, the City Council repealed a prevailing wage rule rapidly passed by predecessors for construction workers of city projects. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.