With the efficiencies and benefits of advances in lighting technology, including LED fixtures and lightbulbs, we’ve seen a big increase in projects that retrofit old energy inefficient lighting with new energy efficient lighting. Often these projects require new fixtures, new ballasts, rewiring and new lightbulbs. When these projects include schools and other government buildings, they ... Read More
Many California energy modernization projects are state funded and must follow prevailing wage law. These projects improve efficiency in K-12 schools, colleges and universities and are the direct result of popular support for Proposition 39: the California Clean Energy Jobs Act. California Clean Energy Jobs Impact Passed in 2010, proposition 39 allocates up to $550 ... Read More
In December 2019, the California Superior Court certified a class action brought on behalf of more than 200 workers employed by Helix Electric, Inc. on the Stockton Prison Project, a public works project. The workers allege that Helix engaged in unlawful business practices by failing to pay for all hours worked, failing to pay all ... Read More
The parties in the case, which had a June 9, 2020 trial date set, say that, “in an effort to expedite the resolution of this case, the Parties agreed to the terms of a settlement in principle among themselves and separately agreed to a 90-day period for Defendants to secure funding commitments for the cash ... Read More
The San Jose Mercury News reported recently that prevailing wage requirements were expanded by San Jose to certain private construction projects. Labor groups herald this decision as a step toward better labor protections. The San Jose City Council voted in June to require prevailing wage pay from contractors getting subsidies from the city for their ... Read More
