Pennsylvania State Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO v. Prevailing Wage Appeals Board

OPINION

Chief Justice ZAPPALA.

This case is before the Court, following remand, for a determination of whether Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co.’s (PNI) use of tax increment financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Financing Act, 53 P.S. §§ 1661-1676 (TIF Act), to fund, in part, the construction costs of its office tower and parking garage facilities makes such project a “public work” for purposes of the Prevailing Wage Act (Wage Act), 43 P.S. §§ 165-1-165-17. The Commonwealth Court held that the use of tax increment financing does implicate the Prevailing Wage Act, and thus,…