On December 12, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule updating its personal protective equipment (PPE) standard for construction workers. The new rule explicitly requires that such equipment fit each employee properly. The rule is scheduled to become effective on January 13, 2025. When it does, it will result in OSHA’s construction industry standard mirroring the standards that already apply to general industry and other specific types of work.… Continue Reading
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DOL Reinstates Three-Step Process to Determine Prevailing Wage for Construction Workers
By Nalee Xiong & Denise M. Keyser on
On August 8, 2023, the U. S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a final rule revamping its procedures for determining prevailing wages under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (collectively, DBRA). This is the first time in forty years that DOL has revisited this process.
The DBRA requires payment of locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits for various classifications of workers on most federally funded or assisted contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of public buildings or public works.… Continue Reading