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It always amazes us how often this question comes up with our clients. They're trying to make the correct Davis-Bacon wage determination and they inevitably call us, totally confused because they're not sure where they're supposed to get the wage determination information.

For all you California Prevailing Wage contractors out there, we just received this alert from the AGC, regarding the implications of California's ongoing budget crisis for contractors working on public works projects. If you're doing a prevailing wage project here in California, then this is something you definitely need to be on top of!

We admit it, we’re prevailing wage junkies. Well, Kimberley is, actually. And those of you who work with her know that she loves all the little details that go into California Prevailing Wage… So, with that in mind, this blog is about the use of the word “superseded” in the general prevailing wage determination. Why that word? Well, because we think its use could lead to some confusion. 

One of the most common questions we get asked about prevailing wage construction is how to make an accurate prevailing wage rate determination; or, stated differently, how do you know if you’re using the correct wage decision? Honestly, given how crucial this little detail is, it’s amazing how misunderstood this is given that paying the correct prevailing wage rate is no trivial matter! If you’re using the wrong prevailing wage calculations, it means you’re either over or underpaying your employees.

A number of times since it’s passage, the Davis Bacon and Related Acts have been suspended by executive order.

A few weeks ago, we offered a perspective on the Republican party’s silence regarding prevailing wage laws, in general, and the federal Davis-Bacon Act, in particular.   In this post we want to take a different view – that of the Democratic party and the challenges it faces in dealing with prevailing wage rates.

Just in time for the 4th of July holiday, a little light and fluffy for our Davis Bacon and prevailing wage friends! We hope you'll get a laugh. We did!

10. Complicated Davis-Bacon act wage determinations give purpose to childhood secret decoder rings

9. That warm fuzzy feeling you get after filing your DAS 140 / DAS 142 Forms (for California Prevailing Wage fringe benefits)

8. Reading Davis-Bacon rules a proven cure for insomnia!

Anyone involved in prevailing wage contracting knows that there is no better example of Government intervention in free markets than the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.

On April 6, 2010, President Obama recorded a Memorandum in the Federal Register. Directed to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, the stated goal of the Memorandum is to improve transparency while also reducing waste, fraud and abuse in Federal contracting. You can read the Memorandum in its entity by clicking this link: Federal Register, Combating Noncompliance with Recovery Act Reporting Requirements

Unless you've been hiding under a rock or living on another planet, you are no doubt aware that Health Care Reform legislation was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010.  As you likely also know, this new legislation promises to bring many changes to our health care system over the next several years.  Some of these changes will occur immediately, some over the course of the rest of the year, some in 2011, 2012, 2013.  2014 will bring a host of changes and some items are scheduled as far out as 2018.