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NJECPAC is a Continuing Political Committee (CPC). A CPC is any group of two or more persons acting jointly, or any corporation, partnership, or any other incorporated or unincorporated association, civic association or other organization, which in any calendar year contributes to aid or promote the candidacy of an individual, or the candidacies of individuals, for elective public office, or the passage or defeat of a public question or public questions, lobby for the passage or defeat of certain legislative bills introduced in the NJ Legislature in accordance with N.J.S.A. 19:44A-8(b). A CPC is frequently referred to as Political Action Committee (PAC). The NJECPAC was formed to provide funding for legislative initiatives of its members and its member organizations representing the interests of Electrical Contractors, Small Businesses and Taxpayers throughout the State of New Jersey.

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Monday, May 23, 2011

Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Determinations Seriously Flawed

Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Determinations Should Be Calculated Fairly

The Davis-Bacon Act requires Contractors on all Federal construction projects to pay their work­ers the prevailing wage in the same locality. The law is intended to ensure that the government's buy­ing power does not drive down construction work­ers' wages.

The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor calculates the prevailing construction wage rates in each county in the United States, and federal contractors must pay these rates. However, the WHD uses a survey methodology that is fundamentally flawed, which means that Davis- Bacon rates often bear no relation to market wages.

Many States have adopted their own Davis-Bacon Laws commonly called Baby-Bacons, the majority of which suffer the same unfair and flawed wage determination methodology that plaques the Federal Law. Read Analysis

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