Legal Opinion
Felix A. Marino Co. v. Commissioner of Labor & Industries
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 14, 1998PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
The plaintiff, Felix A. Marino Co., Inc. (Marino), is in the business of maintaining and repairing bituminous pavement. In this action, Marino asserts that the prevailing wage law (G. L. c. 149, §§ 26-27H) does not apply to wages paid to its employees engaged in the maintenance and repair of asphalt roads pursuant to municipal public works contracts.
Marino argues first that restoration work on roads is not “the construction of public works” (G. L. c. 149, § 26), the activity to which the prevailing wage law applies. Marino adds secondly that, if the prevailing wage law does purport to apply…
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