Legal Question in Construction Law in California

I work in Riverside County. We are starting a job (prevailing wage) in Los Angeles County that will last approx. 3 months. Normally, we check into the office located in Riverside every morning and go to where ever the owner sends us for the day. This job will require that we stay on the jobsite for days at a time. The owner wants to charge the workers for some of the apartment rent for the apartment he will be renting for all of us. Is this legal? He also does not want to pay us fuel money to go back and forth from home if we choose not to stay in the apartment.


Asked on 8/13/09, 2:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gary Redenbacher Redenbacher & Brown, LLP

Prevailing wage jobs can get very complicated but I would be very surprised if there is not a provision to pay you for not only travel charges, but the cost of motel rooms. I suggest giving the Dept. of Industrial Relations a call. They should be able to direct you to the prevailing wage unit who can answer these questions. You can, of course, contact an attorney, but he prevailing wage unit often knows more than all but experienced construction law attorneys.

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Answered on 8/17/09, 6:41 pm


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