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California prevailing wage laws require that any work over 8 hours a day or 40 hours per week must be paid at overtime rates. This rate is to be 1.5 times the regular prevailing pay rate. When an employee works over 12 hours in a single day or over 8 hours on the 7th day, they must be paid double time.

California Prevailing Wage RulesCalifornia law requires that, on public works projects, pay to workers must equal: the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is performed, and not less than the general prevailing rate.

The prevailing wage rate is the basic hourly rate paid on public works projects to a majority of workers engaged in a particular craft, classification or type of work within the locality and in the nearest labor market area (if a majority of such workers are paid at a single rate).

If an awarding body has a labor compliance program, prevailing wages are not required to be paid for any public works project of $25,000 or less when the project is for construction work; or for any public works project of $15,000 or less when the project is for alteration, demolition, repair or maintenance work.

Answer: Labor Compliance Programs (LCPs) are entities which are approved by the Director of Industrial Relations to monitor and enforce compliance with state prevailing wage laws on public works projects.

California Prevailing Wage RulesCalifornia law requires that, on public works projects, pay to workers must equal: the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is performed, and not less than the general prevailing rate.

If an awarding body has a labor compliance program, prevailing wages are not required to be paid for any public works project of $25,000 or less when the project is for construction work; or for any public works project of $15,000 or less when the project is for alteration, demolition, repair or maintenance work.

The federal prevailing wage law, the Davis-Bacon Act, requires private contractors and subcontractors to pay workers the prevailing wage/benefit package on all construction contracts exceeding $2,000 for construction, alteration, or repair of federal public buildings or public works.

1/ Twenty-two States do not have prevailing wage laws. These States are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.

California's Prevailing Wage Law requires contractors to pay specific wage rates on public works projects. The rates are published by the State's Department of Industrial Relations ( DIR ).