On August 14, 2025, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Illinois House Bill 1189, which amends the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (IPWA) in a way that impacts how “public work” projects are defined and labor hours are paid on federal...more
8/22/2025
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State Labor Laws
On June 24, 2024, a federal district court judge enjoined parts of the United States Department of Labor’s (US DOL's) August 23, 2023 prevailing wage rule that greatly expanded the definition of “construction” on federal...more
7/11/2024
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Commercial Truck Drivers ,
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Federal Contractors ,
Prevailing Wages ,
SCOTUS ,
Supply Chain ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wage and Hour
On August 29, 2023, Clock on Grassthe U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released more guidance and proposed rules on key provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that requires...more
10/25/2023
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Construction Contracts ,
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Green Energy ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
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Project Labor Agreements ,
Proposed Rules ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Incentives ,
U.S. Treasury
Hold onto your hard hat! What you thought you knew about federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage law is changing --- substantially changing decades of well-established rules, precedent and interpretations as to the applicability...more
9/20/2023
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Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Construction Workers ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Green Energy ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Contractors, developers, architects, owners, project managers and even public bodies often ask the same obvious question when dealing with any type of prevailing wage ordinance or law, “what are my obligations?” While...more