2-Minute Preview: Lawmakers to hear bills on prevailing wage for school construction, … (NV)

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019
David Calvert

Lawmakers on Wednesday will consider reversing a 2015 Republican-backed law limiting prevailing wage for school construction projects, …

Prevailing wage on school construction projects

Lawmakers on the Assembly Government Affairs Committee will review AB190, a bill that reverses some changes to prevailing wage rules that were passed under Republican control in 2015.

The measure would eliminate the requirement that public schools and colleges pay 90 percent of the prevailing wage – a sort of minimum wage for construction work – and revert it to 100 percent. It would also lower the threshold at which prevailing wage kicks in, from projects that cost $250,000 and up to $100,000 and up.

The measure is sponsored Democratic Assemblyman Skip Daly. The committee meets at 8:30 a.m.

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Officials, developers: wage dispute due to “miscommunication” (CT)

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By Jordan Grice
Updated 4:06 pm EST, Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Bridgeport officials and developers of the new concert amphitheater are saying wage disputes over the project were due to miscommunication.

“Although it was never specified, the Harbor Yard Amphitheater, HYA, renovation was always intended to be a prevailing wage project,” said developer Howard Saffan in an email to Hearst Connecticut Media.

Tensions among construction workers building the amphitheater – the closed minor league baseball park – have apparently subsided, following confirmation that construction of the venue will, now, adhere to state law.

The Department of Labor notified the city’s economic development department this month that the project violated prevailing wage laws.

The prevailing wage statute requires contractors involved in big-ticket construction or renovations involving public funding use an assigned wage rate and DOL certified payroll for their workers.

A letter from state labor officials claimed that the contracting agency of the project – which according to the project contract is Saffan-failed to request a prevailing wage pay rate schedule or include it in the bid specifications.

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