The lawsuit filed by the Associated General Contractors of America last November is challenging specific provisions included in the Dept. of Labor's final rule relating to the Davis-Bacon Act. Photo ...

I have defended more than one hundred Davis Bacon Act and state prevailing wage cases. This is a much nuanced area of law with many minefields for the unwary employer, one of which is the issue of ...

MILWAUKEE — The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America and the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of America both filed lawsuits with the federal government, claiming the Biden ...

We wrote in August about major updates to the Davis-Bacon regulations issued by the Department of Labor. The Final Rule updating those regulations became effective on October 23, 2023. In the time ...

Construction workers at companies doing work for the federal government are paid as much as three times what their peers outside of government get for the same work, a Washington Examiner review of ...

The U.S. construction landscape looks much different this week compared to last Friday following the amendments to the Davis-Bacon Act that went into effect on Monday. While these amendments primarily ...

WASHINGTON — Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and its Southeast Texas chapter are challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations, ...

Almost lost in the egregious farm bill Congress re-passed this week, again over President George W. Bush’s veto, was something the chief executive mentioned in his veto message — the measure contains ...

The groups said the change would raise the price of those projects substantially and cost taxpayers more. Now, ABC and AGC are claiming in court the rule change is illegal, just two weeks after it ...

Forcing federally funded public works projects to pay the so-called prevailing wage is a classic case of robbing Peter to pay Paul. The intention behind the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires any federal ...

In a challenge to the Biden Administration’s efforts to expand the reach of the Davis-Bacon Act, the Associated General Contractors of America has filed suit in federal court. The move seeks to block ...

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