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Committee advances county labor standards bill aimed at curbing cheating contractors on construction projects
Summary
SB 2140 would let counties request contractor wage and hour disclosures and, under certain conditions, deny or revoke building permits for violations. Labor officials and unions testified it would help stop repeat offenders who cheat workers and taxes.
The committee considered SB 2140 SD1 HD1 to allow counties to require contractors to disclose employee wage, benefit, hour, and employment-status information and to permit counties in certain circumstances to deny, revoke, or suspend building permits for violations of labor laws.
Bill Kunstman, deputy director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, said the department supports the measure because it "has potential to increase employer…
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