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Orange County Employment Law Attorneys
Representing Employees in Prevailing Wage Violations Claims
If you are or were a construction worker employed on a public works project in Orange County, it is important to know whether you were paid at the prevailing wage for your occupation. According to the federal prevailing wage law known as the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 and its California equivalent, California Labor Code §§ 1771 et seq., construction workers on these projects must receive fair wages and benefits for the work they perform. Fair wages for public works projects differ by occupation, such as the following:
- Cement workers
- Bricklayers
- Carpenters, including framers and finish carpenters
- Craftsmen
- Operators of large machinery such as bulldozers, cranes and forklifts
- Roofers
- Electricians
- Plumbers
Contact Keegan & Baker, LLP, to schedule a consultation. Our attorneys are experienced and well prepared to evaluate your potential employment law matter in Orange County, San Diego or elsewhere in California. Your case may be remedied through a class action lawsuit or an individual lawsuit against your employer. You may be entitled to back pay to compensate for the difference between what you earned and what you were entitled to.
You may have been told that you were being paid at prevailing wage, but upon closer examination, our lawyers may find that your employer skirted around the law. Some examples tactics employed by contractors who appear to pay prevailing wages, but in fact, shortchange laborers, include the following:
- Misclassifying workers so as to pay less than prevailing wage in public works projects
- Asking workers to work off the clock, work more hours than they report on a given day or work straight through meals and rest break times
- Committing other wage and hour violations such as failing to pay overtime
- Failing to pay half of an employee's usual pay after asking him to leave the job site early
Ask an Orange County employment lawyer to help you determine whether the public works project that you worked on was one where you should have been paid at prevailing wages — and were not. Contact us to schedule a consultation regarding any dispute related to employment, wages.
