04/09/2009
Q. My company provides health care services. Recently, a deaf client said we had to pay for a sign language interpreter. Is that true?
04/09/2009
A bill before the Minnesota Legislature would allow the state to suspend prevailing wage requirements on state-funded construction projects if November budget projections show a 1% or greater deficit. State prevailing wage legislation is patterned after the federal Davis-Bacon Act, which requires federally funded construction projects to pay the “prevailing wage” for specific job classifications.