CARROLL/O’SCANLON BILL WOULD REPEAL “PREVAILING WAGE”

CARROLL/O’SCANLON BILL WOULD REPEAL “PREVAILING WAGE”

TO RELIEVE NEW JERSEY TAXPAYERS

REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLYMEN INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE

A COSTLY MANDATE THAT HINDERS PROJECTS AND HURTS TAXPAYERS

Aiming to reduce costs for taxpayers, Assemblymen Michael Patrick Carroll and Declan O’Scanlon introduced legislation that would repeal mandates on government to pay “prevailing wage” for construction projects. 

“Taxpayers should not pay more to pave the street in front of their home than to pave their own driveway and contractors should not be paid more by government than in the private sector for the same work,” Carroll, R-Morris said. “‘Prevailing wage’ has increased costs for taxpayers, made projects unaffordable and contributed to New Jersey’s tax problems. It needs to go.” 

The bill, A-3505, would repeal all laws providing for the payment of “prevailing wages” in New Jersey, including the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act and the Public Works Contractor Registration Act. It also removes all penalties for employers who fail to pay “prevailing wage.” 

“Many different groups including businesses, environmentalists and government officials say that ‘prevailing wage’ has needlessly inflated the costs of government projects in some cases by 30 percent,” O’Scanlon, R-Monmouth and Mercer, said. “Not only is that unfair to taxpayers, but it has actually hurt the workers it was supposed to help because it has left many projects on the drawing board because of prohibitive labor costs. If no one is working, no one benefits. 

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