Contractors and developers who have unpaid wage judgments won’t be able to move forward with a construction project, though buildings under 10,000 square feet will be exempt from the rule.
Construction workers work at a residential development site in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. In a major win for the city’s labor faction, the San Jose’s City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a new ordinance that aims to prevent wage theft at construction sites by making it impossible for violators to complete their projects.
Several compromises were made on the ordinance over the last few weeks in discussions between the city’s labor and business blocs, including the removal of exemptions that would have allowed contractors and developers under union agreements to avoid the rule. would stifle an already difficult construction environment hindered by high interest rates and expensive materials costs
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