prevailing wage electrical california goverment - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

robbytina · 01-22-2009, 07:43 PM

Someone please help us! We live in GA. Hubby's job landed him in CA for a governmental electrical job. Wage was stated at 1 rate. Now after a week of working, hubby's employer is going down on pay. The employer will be paying for hotel. This job is to last for approx 4 months. I and we need to know what prevailing rate is and if this sounds legit! Job rate has now been cut down by 12-15 hour, is this right, and can the employer do this, or is the employer getting the $$ himself
Thanks for any quick replies.

SLSTech · 01-22-2009, 07:50 PM

Here you go - find county, type, etc... http://www.access.gpo.gov/davisbacon/ca.html for applicable rates

You can pull a search on this site for other discussions on the Davis Bacon act & prevailing wage

Chris Johnson · 01-24-2009, 12:11 AM

In California you can only reduce the wage if the job classification changes, or if the employee agrees to do the same job for less pay.

If it truly is a prevailing wage job those are a different set of rules again.

K2 · 01-24-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by robbytina

Someone please help us! We live in GA. Hubby's job landed him in CA for a governmental electrical job. Wage was stated at 1 rate. Now after a week of working, hubby's employer is going down on pay. The employer will be paying for hotel. This job is to last for approx 4 months. I and we need to know what prevailing rate is and if this sounds legit! Job rate has now been cut down by 12-15 hour, is this right, and can the employer do this, or is the employer getting the $$ himself
Thanks for any quick replies.

The problem with lighting retrofit in at least my state is that the "installers" can be classified as "maintenance workers" instead of electricians and the db wage would be 1/2. If however a lighting guy had a journeyman's license and doing retro's he would have to be paid db as an electrician. But that's my state... If your hubby doesn't have a j-man's license, (maybe because your state does not require one?), and they are listing him as maintenance that may be the end of story..

But from my experience with db wages, if a contractor tries to jack someone out of what their contract clearly states, the government will drop the hammer and the proper wages will be paid retroactivly....

Here's something..

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How do workers on a construction site know that a project is covered by the Davis-Bacon Act? How do they know the prevailing wage to which they are entitled?

Answer. The wage determination (including any additional classifications and wage rates conformed) and a Davis-Bacon poster (WH-1321) must be posted at all times by the contractor and its subcontractors at the site of the work in a prominent and accessible place where it can be easily seen. The WH-1321 poster may be obtained at no charge from offices of the Wage and Hour Division. In the absence of such posted information, any person who wants to determine if the project is covered should contact the federal agency funding or assisting the project or the Wage and Hour Division. Multi-year construction contracts that contain option provisions by which a contracting agency may unilaterally extend the term of the contract require inclusion of a current wage determination at the time the option is exercised. (In contrast, in situations where a contractor is given additional time to complete original contract commitments, the wage determination in that contract applies).

From here..http://www.gpo.gov/davisbacon/referencemat.html