California Labor Code ARTICLE 2 - Wages

• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 in any...
• Section 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....
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 Facilities Bond Act of...
• Section 1772.
  Workers employed by contractors or subcontractors in the execution of any contract for public work are deemed to be employed upon public work.(Amended by Stats....
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 1773.3.
  (a) (1) An awarding agency shall provide notice to the Department of Industrial Relations of any public works contract subject to the requirements of this chapter, within...
• Section 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 days...
• Section 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 responsibilities...
• Section 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...
• Section 1773.7.
  The provisions of Section 11250 of the Government Code shall not be applicable to Sections 1773, 1773.4, and 1773.6.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch.
• Section 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 determination so...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 contract...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 made...
• Section 1776.
  (a) Each contractor and subcontractor shall keep accurate payroll records, showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight time and overtime hours worked each...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 1777.5.
  (a) This chapter does not prevent the employment of properly registered apprentices upon public works.(b) (1) Every apprentice employed upon public works shall be paid the prevailing rate...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 1777.5, the contractor and...
• 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 to...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018