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The Illinois Department of Labor recently published final regulations governing the new requirements for employers to comply with the Illinois Equal Pay Act Amendments (the “EPA...
The regulations from the Illinois Department of Labor IDOL governing the amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act IEPA were published, further clarifying the practical implications of obtaining an equal pay registration certificate under the IEPA.
The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 requires contractors on all federal construction projects to pay their workers the prevailing wage in their locality. The law is intended to ensure that the government does not drive down construction workers' wages, but flaws in the U.S. Department of Labor's wage determination process cause the law to have the opposite effect in Nebraska.
The Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division uses highly inaccurate methods to estimate prevailing wages for the Davis-Bacon Act. Davis-Bacon rates in Virginia (except for the Washington, D.C., Metro area) are 26 percent below market wages.