Civil Litigation,
Construction,
California Courts of Appeal
Sep. 6, 2018
Are you sure that private project isn’t public works?
Even if a public entity does not directly construct or finance a project, a project may nevertheless be found to be a public works subject to the payment of prevailing wages.
Garret D. Murai
Partner
Nomos LLP
Garret is the editor of the California Construction Law Blog at www.calconstructionlawblog.com.
CONSTRUCTION CORNER
California's prevailing wage law requires contractors on state and local public works projects to pay their employees the general prevailing rate of per diem wages based on the classification or type of work performed by the employee in the locality where the state or local project is located.
Generally, knowing whether prevailing wages apply to a project is relatively straightforward. Th...
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