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Construction

Oct. 26, 2011

Court rejects efforts to avoid prevailing wage law

California's prevailing wage law cannot be avoided by artfully drafted contracts. By Kevin Collins of Alston & Bird LLP


By Kevin Collins


In Azusa Land Partners v. Dept. of Industrial Relations, 191 Cal.App.4th 1 (2010) and Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC v. Dept. of Industrial Relations, 194 Cal.App.4thh 528 (2011) the state appellate court struck a common theme: California's prevailing wage law cannot be avoided by artfully drafted contracts.


The prevailing wage law (Labor Code Section 1720, et seq.) requires that workers on public works projects be pa...

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