RE: NECA delivers Public Comments on RIN 1235-AA40 - Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
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NECA provides these comments in support of the Departments Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations, 87 Fed.
Key Points:
- NECA provides these comments in support of the Departments Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations, 87 Fed.
- 15698 (March 18, 2022)(hereafter "Proposed DBA Rule").As outlined in detail below, NECA enthusiastically supportsmanyof the revisions included in theProposed DBARule.
- "40U.S.C.3142(b).Intheplaintextofthelaw, the Davis-Bacon Act does not define the term "prevailing" or "prevailing wage," but insteadgives the authority to the Secretary of Labor.
- If thesame wage is not paid to a majority of those employed in the classification, the 'prevailing wage'shall betheaverageofthewagespaid, weightedbythetotalemployed intheclassification.").