The H-1B visa program is a crucial path for skilled foreign workers in U.S. industries. With the new $100,000 H-1B ...

A Wisconsin lawmaker has announced he plans to introduce a bill that would remove restrictions on how state government agencies may partner with private businesses on capital infrastructure projects.

There is an effort to repeal or substantially minimize Wisconsin’s prevailing wage law. This would hurt Wisconsin businesses, its skilled labor force and our economy. Wisconsin’s prevailing wage ...

LA GRANGE, IL — Six states that repealed their prevailing wage laws between 2015 and 2018 have experienced slower construction employment, decreased wage growth, lower workforce productivity growth, ...

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Wednesday that he doesn’t have the votes to repeal the state’s prevailing wage law, but he hopes to reform the statutes through ...

Prevailing wage repealed Another sweeping change, also pushed by Wisconsin’s business lobby, was the 2017 repeal of Wisconsin’s prevailing wage law that since the 1930s had required a wage floor for ...

There is an effort to repeal or substantially minimize Wisconsin's prevailing-wage law. This would hurt Wisconsin businesses, its skilled labor force and our economy. Wisconsin's prevailing-wage ...

In 2015 and 2017, Republican Gov. Walker and the Republican-run Legislature repealed prevailing wage laws, which had required the state to pay a minimum level of wages for each trade in different ...

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 requires that foreign workers admitted to the U.S. on work visas “not adversely affect the wages and working condition of U.S. workers similarly employed.” ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – In 1931, the federal Davis-Bacon Act mandated that wages paid to contracted workers on government construction projects be set at the prevailing level. That "prevailing wage" ...

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