If you are brand new to public works projects, start at square one: familiarize yourself with Davis-Bacon and prevailing wage laws to better understand what’s at stake (check out the US Department of Labor website). There are very real consequences for violations, such as payment of back wages, additional fines and penalties, prosecution, and other potential repercussions (up to and including disbarment). The bottom line is, the more efficient every contractor is at remaining compliant, the more effective the entire process becomes for prime contractors that regulate this compliance. Navigation of prevailing wage laws does not need to be as complicated as it has historically been for contractors, and it does not need to be the headache that it is for many prime administrators.
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