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Sen. James J. Davis (R-PA) and Rep. Robert L. Bacon (R–NY-1), the co-sponsors of the Davis–Bacon Act. The Davis–Bacon Act of 1931 is a United States federal law that establishes the requirement for paying the local prevailing wages on public works projects for laborers and mechanics.
The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
Because of the vagueness of this law, employers are able to find loopholes and pay women in California much lower than their male co-workers. [2] As of 2015, female workers make only 80 cents for every dollar earned by male workers thus putting the gender wage gap of 20%. [3]
California’s state payroll climbed by 8.5% last year, totaling $23.6 billion. California state worker pay database updated with 2022 wages, overtime Skip to main content
Furthermore, a Harvard Business Review study found that, after an increase of $1 to the state minimum wage in California, employees saw “net losses of at least $1,590 per year per employee ...
[6] State level rates are calculated using various methods including an average of all wage rates paid, the mode, or based on collectively bargained rates. The H-1B visa program requires employers to "pay the prevailing wage or the actual wage paid by the employer to workers with similar skills and qualifications, whichever is higher". [7]
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that raised the minimum wage of fast food workers across the state to $20. Under the new AB 1228 legislation, or Fast Food Franchisor...
California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990 added section 7872 and 7873 to the Labor Code. On September 25, 1992, AB 2601 was signed into law. [20] It protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination. [21] California was the seventh state to add sexual orientation to laws barring job discrimination. [22]