Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
Construction,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jul. 2, 2019
Federal construction contractors, prevailing wages and SB 954
At the height of the Great Depression nearly a quarter of Americans were unemployed. In response, Congress enacted a series of laws including the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires federal construction contractors to pay their workers no less than the “prevailing wages” in the area where work is being performed.
Garret D. Murai
Partner
Nomos LLP
Garret is the editor of the California Construction Law Blog at www.calconstructionlawblog.com.
CONSTRUCTION CORNER
At the height of the Great Depression nearly a quarter of Americans were unemployed. In response, Congress enacted a series of laws including the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires federal construction contractors to pay their workers no less than the "prevailing wages" in the area where work is being performed.
The history of the Davis-Bacon Act is an interesting one. Publicly, the stated intent was...
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