By: Hilary Cairnie, Bonnie Gill, Timothy McHugh, Trey Smith
Did the 2023 update to the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts, which apply to contractors and subcontractors performing on certain federally funded or assisted contracts, appropriately modernize or unduly expand the Davis Bacon Act’s (DBA) prevailing wage rule? [1] Following the Department of Labor’s (DOL) enactment of a final resolution on August 23, 2023 (final rule),