New York’s highest court on Wednesday seemed baffled by industrial contractor Comfort Systems USA Inc.'s argument that employers aren’t required to pay prevailing wages to laborers on public works projects if it’s not explicitly laid out in the employment contract.
The state Court of Appeals must answer the question sent to it by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit as part of a lawsuit brought by a pair of laborers who claim Comfort Systems failed to pay prevailing wages to electrical and sprinkler workers on public works projects.
New York labor law requires public works contracts include ...
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