Legal Opinion
STATE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL v. Duncan
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 16, 2008No. A115491, A115663PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RICHMAN, J.
Labor Code section 1720 embodies the long-standing public policy of California to require employers engaged on public works projects to pay the prevailing wage to their workers if the project is “paid for in whole or in part out of public funds.” The novel question presented here is whether tax credits provided by the state to facilitate construction of low-income housing comes within this definition. The trial court concluded that it does. Upon de novo review of the issue, we conclude otherwise—that however worthy the policy goals of encouraging the construction of low-cost…
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