California Closes Loophole on Fringe Benefits

California’s SB 776 was signed by Governor Jerry Brown August 28, 2013. The bill strengthens existing workplace and labor protections for workers throughout California by protecting the wages and fringe benefits of workers on public works projects. Specifically, it closes loopholes in the prevailing wage law by clarifying that contractor payments for monitoring and enforcing laws related […]

Prevailing Wage Explained

In recent months, there has been much discussion and debate over San Diego’s decision to implement prevailing wage law even though it is a charter city.  A charter city is a city that operates with its own “constitution,” or charter. This, in effect, allows the cities to create their own laws and essentially govern itself […]

Prevailing Wage Law Manual Available

The California “Prevailing Wage Law” manual is now available on the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement website. The California DIR has streamlined complaints to allow workers and the public to file public works complaints for prevailing wage and apprenticeship violations. The manual was updated a few months ago to reflect the changes in the […]

New York City Court Overthrows Prevailing Wage

New York Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Wright struck down a New York City requirement for landlords and companies receiving economic aid from the city to pay workers prevailing wage. Wright said it was preempted by the state’s minimum wage law; the new measure would have raised the minimum wage for some private employees. The court […]

California Prevailing Wage Law

California’s prevailing wage law has been in place for more than 50 years. It is the law of the land for federal and state public works projects. In government contracting, a prevailing wage is the hourly wage paid to the majority of workers, laborers and mechanics within one specific geographic area. Currently it is not […]

Using Public-Private Partnerships on Transit Projects

Public-private partnerships are becoming more popular in the construction industry. Government agencies do not have the time, or in some cases, legal authority to borrow the entire cost of a project at once. Therefore, more of these types of arrangements are being used as an “availability payment” option. The contractor would build the project and […]

Update: Missouri Prevailing Wage Bill

Missouri State House Bill 34 will now become law without the Governor’s signature. The bill was initially started to help rural school districts save on construction and repair costs. It is now a bill that will apply to all public works projects and no longer allow Kansas City and St. Louis union rates to determine […]

The Staff Corner: July 2013

Payroll Upload Options By Crystal Moreno Support Technician MANUALLY ENTERING PAYROLL RECORDS Everyone should know how to manually enter payrolls, even those that choose to electronically upload their records. Contractors and subcontractors using LCPtracker predominately use the web data entry screens. It typically takes an average subcontractor about 3 minutes per employee to enter a […]

2013 LCPtracker User Conference Video

The LCPtracker & B2Gnow 2013 User Training Conference was a great success in Chicago, IL. State Agencies, prime contractors, and general contractors participated in training sessions on LCPtracker and B2Gnow software as well as industry updates. LCPtracker’s video with client testimonials and a conference overview is now uploaded to the YouTube channel. View the video here and […]

Public Works Prevailing Wage Bill Advances

The California Assembly Local Government Committee has approved legislation, Senate Bill 7, that would effectively have charter cities require higher prevailing wage rates regardless of where the funding originates. If cities do not comply, they could be barred from any future state funding. The legislation was introduced in response to a 2012 state Supreme Court ruling that upheld […]