Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 17, 2021
State Supreme Court limits definition of ‘public work’
Filed by workers assigned to public infrastructure projects, the two cases under review concerned whether they were entitled to prevailing wages for certain aspects of the work, such as transporting machinery to and from the job site.
The state Supreme Court set limits on what counts as "public work" in two opinions Monday, prompting two dissenting justices to urge the state Legislature to clarify the Labor Code.
Filed by workers assigned to public infrastructure projects, the two cases under review concerned whether they were entitled to prevailing wages for certain aspects of the work. California's prevailing wage law, which is codified in the Labor Code, requires pub...
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