Prevailing Wage Reform a Hot Topic, Too
In addition to the spate of workers’ comp bills Jerry wrote about, there are also numerous prevailing wage reform bills that have been introduced. Some seek to expand the scope of the act — to continue what seems to be a never-ending expansion of who must be paid prevailing wage, some seek to shrink the act back to its original job site boundaries, another requires certified payrolls on all projects. There are others that seek to increase transparency through public postings of wage determinations or remove the payment of prevailing wage from certain school construction. It’s much too early to predict where these bills might end up, but it certainly is proof that prevailing wage reform is a hot topic for organized labor and for construction firms — and should be for public owners and taxpayers who ultimately foot the bill when the application of prevailing wage increases the cost of roads, schools and other publicly funded construction projects.
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February 13th, 2013 at 5:41 pm
Agree. And no matter what the fate of the individual bills Kathleen cite’s, the time seems ripe for a frank discussion of the proper scope of prevailing wage laws.