Seth C. Wiseman and Angela M. Richie | Construction Executive The U.S. Department of Labor’s finalization of a rule updating the Davis-Bacon Act, the federal law that governs how prevailing wages for federal construction projects can be determined, will have a significant impact on contractors and workers alike in the construction industry. The new rule, in effect,… Continue reading More In-Depth Details on the Davis-Bacon Act Overhaul
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Labor Department’s Davis-Bacon Act Final Rule: Changes for Federal Contractors
Rosalie DiFlora and Brian Lewis | Jackson Lewis The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations final rule includes hundreds of pages of changes to the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) standards and is estimated to impact over 1 million construction workers. The final rule will go into effect on October 23,… Continue reading Labor Department’s Davis-Bacon Act Final Rule: Changes for Federal Contractors
The DOL Issues Final Rule “to Modernize the Davis Bacon Act.”
Fiona W. Ong | Shawe Rosenthal Under the Davis-Bacon Act, construction companies are required to pay a federally-set prevailing wage and benefit rate to employees performing work on federal contracts or subcontracts. The U.S. Department of Labor, which enforces the Act, has issued a final rule that drastically revises contractor obligations. According to the DOL’s press release, the… Continue reading The DOL Issues Final Rule “to Modernize the Davis Bacon Act.”
USA: Construction: Labor Department Proposes Rule to Expand Coverage of Davis-Bacon Act and Regulations
Brian P. Lundgren | L&E Global The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced proposed rulemaking to update and expand the prevailing wages and other regulations under the Davis-Bacon Act, which applies to federal and federally assisted construction projects. The Davis-Bacon Act was created in 1931 to require contractors and subcontractors performing on federally funded or assisted… Continue reading USA: Construction: Labor Department Proposes Rule to Expand Coverage of Davis-Bacon Act and Regulations
Federal Court Opinion Has Huge Impact on the Construction Industry
Wally Zimolong | False Claims Act The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia recently issued an opinion that should get the attention of any contractor or subcontractor performing work on a federal funded construction project. In U.S. ex rel IBEW Local 98 v. The Fairfield Company, the federal court held that… Continue reading Federal Court Opinion Has Huge Impact on the Construction Industry