But if you take on a federal or state government contract, you also need to know about prevailing wages. What are prevailing wages? Prevailing wage definition: Prevailing wages are rates for wages and fringe benefits set by the Department of Labor (DOL) that employers with government contracts...
Wage Laws: State by State Minimum Wage Laws | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov) Conundrums, Conflicts and Contradictions Validity Periods How to Count the Prevailing Wage Validity Period and the 180 Day Recruitment Period Recruitment Before Prevailing Wage If you begin recruitment before obtaining...
State Supreme Court Orders Official to Set Prevailing Wage RatesMartin, Stanley
The prevailing wage required by state law is lower than both the union scale and the non-union average wage paid by private contractors i n most of the state's 77 counties, according to a study released Monday by Neil Dikeman, an economist at the University of Oklahoma.Paschal, Jan...
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Whatare“prevailingwage”laws? Prevailingwagelawsrequiregovernmentcontractorstopaytheirworkersinaccordwithhourlyratesadoptedforsimilarprivatesectorwork.Individualstatestatutescoveringstateandmunicipalconstructionprojectshavealonghistory.BeginningwithKansasin1891,sevenstatesenactedstatutesforpublicconstructionbytheearly1920s.State...
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Prevailing Wage Requirements The statutory basis for the prevailing wage requirements is section 45(b)(7) which explicitly covers the requirements for the renewable electricity production credit. Other credits either incorporate the rules of section 45(b)(7) explicitly by reference...