To Be or Not to Be – Subdivision Bonds Does Not a Public Works Project, Make it Be
“To be, or not to be, that is the question— whether ’tis Nobler in the mind to suffer the Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, or…
“To be, or not to be, that is the question— whether ’tis Nobler in the mind to suffer the Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, or…
Approximately 2,000 bills were introduced in the California State Legislature during the 2013-2014 legislative session. Of these, 896 bills made it to Governor Brown’s desk and…
Don’t mess with the California Labor Commissioner. Seriously. Don’t. Julie Su, California’s Labor Commissioner, has been making headlines recently as California’s Division of Labor Standards Enforcement…
Earlier, I wrote about the California Department of Industrial Relations’ (“DIR”) creation of a new administrative unit, the Compliance Monitoring Unit (“CMU”), responsible for enforcing prevailing…
Over 4,000 bills were introduced in the California State Legislature during the 2011-2012 legislative session. Of these bills, 996 made it to Governor Brown’s desk, of…
On July 2, 2012, the California Supreme Court, in a much anticipated decision, held that charter cities do not have to pay prevailing wages on municipal…
The prevailing wage law requires that workers employed on public works projects be paid prevailing wages. There are, however, exceptions to that rule. Two exceptions are…
A new unit within the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) – the Compliance Monitoring Unit (“CMU”) – will begin operations on January 1, 2012. …