AGC Weighs in on DOL Davis-Bacon Proposed Update
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May 27, 2022
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On May 17, AGC of America weighed in on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) proposal to significantly revise the regulations implementing the Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts (DBRA). AGC recognizes the need for update and reform of the DBRA but views this proposal as a critically missed opportunity to improve the wage determination process and seriously questions the legal authority to expand coverage of the DBRA.
The 40-year awaited proposal reverts to the pre-1983 methodology for determining whether a wage rate is prevailing, also referred to as the “30 percent rule.” The proposal appears to just make it easier on the WHD itself to set prevailing wages with less of the data it already collects, or lack thereof.