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Illinois Prevailing Wage Update: Failure to Timely File a Certified Payroll Means Individual Liability, Debarment, and Financial...

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The Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (IPWA) is a union-backed law that places enormous burdens on construction contractors, developers, property owners, and public bodies throughout Illinois. It’s extraordinarily confusing,...more

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Navigating Treasury's proposed regulations on prevailing wage and apprenticeship for clean energy projects

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The Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued proposed regulations on August 29, 2023 for prevailing wage and apprenticeship (“PWA”) requirements applicable to clean energy projects...more

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Prevailing Wage Reinstated for State Contracts

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On Thursday, October 7, 2021, three years after Michigan’s prevailing wage law was repealed, prevailing wage has been reinstated for certain state contracts. ...more

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California Supreme Court Rules for Employers in Pair of Prevailing Wage Law Cases

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On August 16, 2021, the California Supreme Court decided a pair of cases addressing California's prevailing wage law—Busker v. Wabtec Corporation (No. S251135) and Mendoza v. Fonseca McElroy Grinding Co., Inc. (No. S253574)....more

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California Supreme Court Expands the Reach of the California Prevailing Wage Law

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The trend over the last 20 years has been for California's prevailing wage law to spread to areas previously unimagined.  This spread has been due to inexact drafting of the law, constant tinkering by the legislature, and...more

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DOL’s Second Try at Prevailing Wage Rule May Impact H-1B and Green Card Filings

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After federal courts blocked their first attempt in December, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently published a new final rule seeking to again increase the minimum wage paid to foreign workers when sponsored for an...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

If You Want an H-1, H1B1 or E3 Worker, Or to Sponsor an Applicant for a Green Card it Might Cost You More: New DOL Regulation

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With virtually no warning and effective immediately upon publication, as of October 8, 2020, the Department of Labor promulgated a regulation which, in effect, dramatically increases the wage that must be offered by any...more

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Trump Administration Issues New Regulations on H-1B Workers and Prevailing Wage Requirements

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The Trump administration published two new regulations on October 8, 2020, that make significant changes to the H-1B visa rules and to the prevailing wage requirements for PERM labor certification applications as well as...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

DOL Regulation Raises Prevailing Wage Rate for H-1B Workers

Without notice or the opportunity for public comment, as required by federal law, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a regulation that will significantly raise the minimum required wages for H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 and PERM labor...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Increased Regulations for Employers, Among Philadelphia City Council’s Agenda

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In advance of their first official meeting of 2020, members of Philadelphia City Council outlined their legislative priorities, and several say they intend to introduce legislation to increase protections for employees....more

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How Might Virginia’s New Legislative Trifecta Affect Employers in the Commonwealth in 2020?

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In the November 2019 election Virginia gained a Democratic “trifecta”—both legislative chambers and the governorship are now controlled by one political party. It has been over two decades since Democratic lawmakers...more

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