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Supporters urge Maryland to create public databases to track prevailing-wage payrolls and registered apprenticeships
Summary
Labor and contractor witnesses urged the House Health & Government Operations Committee to approve legislation requiring weekly contractor payroll reports and a public dashboard of prevailing-wage and registered-apprenticeship data to curb wage theft and improve apprenticeship completion.
Witnesses urged the Health & Government Operations Committee to support the Maryland Apprenticeship and Prevailing Wage Transparency Act (House Bill 850), which would require contractors on public-works projects to submit weekly payroll and workforce data to the Department of Labor and would direct the department to publish a public dashboard showing workers and wages on ongoing public works contracts.
Organizers and labor representatives testified that states with similar systems have seen measurable…
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