Prevailing Wages
Limitation on Pursuit of Prevailing Wage Law Claims
July 22nd, 2020
Workers for a waste disposal company with municipal contracts were not paid prevailing wages, as required by the Massachusetts prevailing wage act. They filed suit for those claims under both the prevailing wage act (PWA) and the Massachusetts wage a…
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Categories: Public contracts
Computer Technician Was Doing “Construction Work” and Entitled to Prevailing Wages
August 3rd, 2017
A computer technician working onsite and testing HVAC components to ensure proper operation, to verify completion of a project, was performing “construction work” and thus entitled to be paid prevailing wages. So decided the Massachusetts Appeals…
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Attacks on Prevailing Wage Laws – Where’s the Tipping Point?
February 20th, 2015
News reports this week cover legislative action in four different states to reduce the scope of prevailing wage laws on public projects. Whatever your opinion on prevailing wage laws – love them, hate them, or somewhere in the middle – the effort…
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About Stan Martin
Stan Martin holds a law degree and an undergraduate degree in architecture. He has been involved with the construction industry for more than 45 years, working in construction prior to law school and beginning his construction law practice. During his career, he has been actively involved with the Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts, the Boston Society of Architects, the American Arbitration Association, and the Massachusetts Building Congress.