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San Diego Employment Law Attorneys

Representing Employees in Prevailing Wage Violations Claims

It is not uncommon for employers in the construction industry in San Diego and elsewhere in Southern California to ignore labor laws having to do with prevailing wages and public work projects. Public works construction jobs are supposed to be paid according to established public policy on prevailing wages. Construction contractors who pay their workers less than the agreed-upon prevailing wages are acting in violation of state law.

Prevailing wage laws apply to public works projects employing people of many vocations including framers, siders, concrete workers, roofers, door and window installers, finish carpenters, electricians and plumbers, to name a few. Often, contractors claim that they are paying prevailing wages to their employees but are actually skirting around the intent of the law through tactics such as these:

• Misclassifying workers in order to pay them less that prevailing wages for the actual type of work they perform.
• Committing wage and hour violations such as having workers work off the clock, not paying overtime, not giving meal and rest breaks as provided for by law or mixing private and public works assignments for the same workers — and paying them less than usual on the private jobs.
• Paying undocumented foreign workers and short-term day laborers in cash or off the books in order to avoid paying prevailing wages.
• Treating a job that should fall under the prevailing wage umbrella as though it does not.
• Failing to pay proper per-diem expenses for work assignments requiring overnight travel.

If you believe or suspect that you have been paid less than prevailing wages on a public works job site in the San Diego area, you are encouraged to contact an employment law attorney at Keegan & Baker, LLP. Our lawyers file class action lawsuits on behalf of workers who have not been paid at prevailing wages on public work projects. Our San Diego employment law firm has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of workers throughout Southern California.