ARTICLE 2. Wages

Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.

§§ 1770–1785 · 39 sections

§ 1770 The Director of the Department of Industrial Relations shall determine the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in accordance with the standards set forth…
§ 1771 Except for public works projects of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar…
§ 1771.1 (a) A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public…
§ 1771.15 (a) A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to be awarded contracts for, or engage in the performance of, any work on projects or developments…
§ 1771.2 (a) A joint labor-management committee established pursuant to the federal Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 175a) may bring an action…
§ 1771.3 (a) The State Public Works Enforcement Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury to be available upon appropriation of the Legislature.…
§ 1771.4 (a) All of the following are applicable to all public works projects that are otherwise subject to the requirements of this chapter: (1) The call for bids and…
§ 1771.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 1771, an awarding body may choose not to require the payment of the general prevailing rate of per diem wages or the general…
§ 1771.6 (a) Any awarding body that enforces this chapter in accordance with Section 1726 or 1771.5 shall provide notice of the withholding of contract payments to the…
§ 1771.7 (a) (1) For contracts specified in subdivision (f), an awarding body that chooses to use funds derived from either the Kindergarten-University Public Education…
§ 1771.8 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) A “private labor compliance entity” is defined as a third-party…
§ 1772 Workers employed by contractors or subcontractors in the execution of any contract for public work are deemed to be employed upon public work.
§ 1773 The body awarding any contract for public work, or otherwise undertaking any public work, shall obtain the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the…
§ 1773.1 (a) Per diem wages, as the term is used in this chapter or in any other statute applicable to public works, includes employer payments for the following: (1)…
§ 1773.2 The body awarding any contract for public work, or otherwise undertaking any public work, shall specify in the call for bids for the contract, and in the bid…
§ 1773.3 (a) (1) An awarding body shall provide notice to the Department of Industrial Relations of any public works contract subject to the requirements of this…
§ 1773.35 (a) (1) A development proponent shall provide notice to the Department of Industrial Relations of any contract to perform work subject to the requirements of…
§ 1773.4 Any prospective bidder or his representative, any representative of any craft, classification or type of workman involved, or the awarding body may, within 20…
§ 1773.5 (a) The Director of Industrial Relations may establish rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out this chapter, including, but not limited to, the…
§ 1773.6 If during any quarterly period the Director of Industrial Relations shall determine that there has been a change in any prevailing rate of per diem wages in…
§ 1773.7 The provisions of Section 11250 of the Government Code shall not be applicable to Sections 1773, 1773.4, and 1773.6.
§ 1773.8 An increased employer payment contribution that results in a lower taxable wage shall not be considered a violation of the applicable prevailing wage…
§ 1773.9 (a) The Director of Industrial Relations shall use the methodology set forth in subdivision (b) to determine the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in…
§ 1773.11 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as otherwise provided by this section, if the state or a political subdivision thereof agrees by…
§ 1774 The contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and any subcontractor under him, shall pay not less than the specified prevailing rates of wages to all workmen…
§ 1775 (a) (1) The contractor and any subcontractor under the contractor shall, as a penalty to the state or political subdivision on whose behalf the contract is…
§ 1776 (a) Each contractor and subcontractor shall keep accurate payroll records, showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight…
§ 1777 Any officer, agent, or representative of the State or of any political subdivision who wilfully violates any provision of this article, and any contractor, or…
§ 1777.1 (a) Whenever a contractor or subcontractor performing a public works project pursuant to this chapter is found by the Labor Commissioner to be in violation of…
§ 1777.5 (a) (1) This chapter does not prevent the employment upon public works of properly registered apprentices who are active participants in an approved…
§ 1777.6 An employer or a labor union shall not refuse to accept otherwise qualified employees as registered apprentices on any public works on any basis listed in…
§ 1777.7 (a) (1) If the Labor Commissioner or his or her designee determines after an investigation that a contractor or subcontractor knowingly violated Section…
§ 1778 Every person, who individually or as a representative of an awarding or public body or officer, or as a contractor or subcontractor doing public work, or agent…
§ 1779 Any person or agent or officer thereof who charges, collects, or attempts to charge or collect, directly or indirectly, a fee or valuable consideration for…
§ 1780 Any person acting on behalf of the State or any political subdivision, or any contractor or subcontractor or agent or representative thereof, doing any public…
§ 1781 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contractor may, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction…
§ 1782 (a) A charter city shall not receive or use state funding or financial assistance for a construction project if the city has a charter provision or ordinance…
§ 1784 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a contractor may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from the hiring party that the contractor…
§ 1785 (a) The director shall establish and maintain a strategic enforcement unit focused on construction, alteration, and repair projects. The unit shall enhance the…