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Major Changes Now in Effect to Davis-Bacon and Related Acts

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For the first time in almost 40 years, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has finalized comprehensive changes to regulations covering the Davis-Bacon Act (“DBA”) and 70 “DBA Related Acts,” federal wage regulations that...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

DOL Attempts to Expand Prevailing Wage Authority to All “Development Statutes”

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Developers of renewable energy projects generally haven’t concerned themselves with the Davis-Bacon Act, the Great Depression-era federal law that mandates the paying of prevailing wages to laborers on public works projects;...more

Stevens & Lee

Truck Drivers and Prevailing Wage Requirements: A Friendly Reminder

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For contractors and subcontractors who perform construction, alteration and repair work on federally funded public building and public works projects, prevailing wage requirements are a fact of life. Since 1950, the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Importance of Maintaining a Safe Construction Site

In October, a Florida jury found a general contractor liable for $45 million for the death of a motorist killed by one of the contractor’s trucks pulling out of a road construction job site. The case highlights the importance...more

Fisher Phillips

Would OSHA “Punt” on Inspecting an NFL Team?

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The tragedy this August that claimed the life of one worker and injured another during construction of the new $1.1B Minnesota Vikings football stadium reminded us that serious accidents can happen at any site no matter the...more

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