A group of House Republicans have introduced legislation to thwart a US Department of Labor rule aimed at raising the wage rate paid to workers on federal infrastructure projects.
The resolution of disapproval, which was announced Monday, would nullify a regulation finalized by the DOL in August that changed how “prevailing wages” are calculated under the Davis-Bacon Act.
The Biden DOL said the update to the law was necessary to ensure the agency can determine a “prevailing wage” rate more frequently. The law requires that contractors on certain public works projects pay their workers the prevailing wage or local wage ...
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