Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Labor, Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Mary Williams, Mielke, prevailing wage, repeal, reporting, Sinicki, state budget, Toles
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Political resistance and timing could spoil the construction industry’s chance to speak out on a bill that would repeal the state’s new prevailing wage law.
“If we’re just looking at repealing all the work we did last year to get this into the budget, I don’t know that I’m going to hold a hearing,” [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, bill, Mary Williams, prevailing wage
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would repeal every change made to the state’s prevailing wage law in the 2009-11 budget has been referred to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development.
The bill, authored by state Rep. Mary Williams, R-Medford, would reinstate a threshold of $234,000 as the point at which prevailing wages must be paid on [...]
Published: March 10, 2010
Tags: Comstock Construction Inc., Minnesota Associated Builders and Contractors, Minnesota Department of Transportation, prevailing wage
By Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — A long-standing prevailing-wage dispute between Comstock Construction Inc. and the Minnesota Department of Transportation may be nearing a resolution.
During a recent administrative hearing at MnDOT’s headquarters in St. Paul, MnDOT deputy commissioner Khani Sahebjam heard arguments and said a ruling will be made “before 90 days.”
At issue is [...]
Published: March 2, 2010
Tags: blog, Hot Topics, Kapanke, Legislature, Mary Williams, prevailing wage, Sinicki, Snyder
By Paul Snyder
staff writer
As with many issues the Legislature tackled in the state budget instead of standalone bills, the prevailing wage law changes riled many opponents who argued the topic was too important not to get its own hearing.
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: ABC, Assembly Committee on Labor, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Balko, Construction Business Group, Eagle Construction, Kahl, law, Mary Williams, Mielke, prevailing wage, reporting, Sinicki, state budget, threshold
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would repeal every prevailing wage law change enacted in last year’s state budget faces long odds in the Democrat-controlled Legislature.
State Rep. Mary Williams, R-Medford, has drafted a bill that would reinstate a threshold of $234,000 as the point at which prevailing wages must be paid on public projects. The threshold [...]
Published: February 17, 2010
Tags: Carew Concrete & Supply Co., Centerline Contracting, Chris Johnson, Faulks Bros. Construction, Holman, law, Norkett, prevailing wage, public works, threshold, Todd Orr, Waupaca County, Waupaca County Parks & Recreation Department, Wisnefske, Wisnefske Excavating
By Paul Snyder
The state’s new prevailing wage threshold slipped the minds of Waupaca County planners, leaving them with no choice but to postpone an estimated $151,000 worth of projects.
Roger Holman, director of the Waupaca County Parks & Recreation Department, said he thinks the new threshold is too low, but that’s no excuse for disregarding state [...]
Published: February 15, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Brian Mitchell, Construction Business Group, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, law, Markson, Melli Law SC, prevailing wage, Robb Kahl, wage reporting, wages, Wanta, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, Witte, WTBA
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Three contractor groups are aligning themselves with the Department of Workforce Development in support of changes to the state’s prevailing wage law.
Those groups — the Construction Business Group, the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association and the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association — have filed a motion to support the law changes under review by Dane [...]
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: blog, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, Gassman, Hot Topics, prevailing wage, thompson
Comments: 2
By Chris Thompson
editor
Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman said a lot in the 18 minutes she allowed for an interview about the state’s prevailing wage law changes.
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: A&A Environmental, Ahern Gross, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Badger Well Drilling, Ballwanz, Construction Business Group, DWD, Forrer, Gassman, Jim Doyle, Kahl, Masonry Restoration, Mielke, prevailing wage, Sopha, spreadsheet, Steffes, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Construction companies are disputing the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s claim it adequately prepared the industry for changes to the state’s prevailing wage law.
The changes require contractors file monthly reports on prevailing-wage payments on public works projects valued at $25,000 or more. DWD first made the 50-field reporting spreadsheet available in January, weeks [...]
Published: February 10, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Dane County Circuit Court, Dipko, DWD, H & N Plumbing and Heating, Henkel, injunction, law, Markson, Mielke, Ortiz, prevailing wage, report, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
By Paul Snyder
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s stated goal of helping the industry navigate prevailing wage reporting does little for a payroll administrator in Fennimore who still is waiting for help.
On Feb. 3, with the Feb. 7 reporting deadline approaching, Mandy Henkel of H & N Plumbing and Heating Inc. sent an e-mail request [...]
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