When minimum wages were first established in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), agricultural workers were exempt. Over time, amendments to the rule brought groups of farmworkers under minimum ...

The debate over 485x may have died down (for now), but the fight to expand prevailing wages for construction workers is far from over. Nearly five years ago, lawmakers approved a measure that required ...

ALBANY — Lawmakers in Albany are proposing to dissolve a Labor Department board created three years ago to provide oversight of prevailing wage requirements, a move that comes as they are considering ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Anthony Villa, president and business manager of Local 290, the carpenters union for much of Long Island, and a board member of the North Atlantic States ...

New York State Legislature is considering a bill (S6378/A2747) that would expand prevailing wage requirements to more private construction projects receiving public funding. The bill lowers the ...