In an administrative proceeding before the California Department Of Industrial Relations, the Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) cited the firm’s client for an alleged failure to comply with the apprenticeship requirements of California’s Prevailing Wage Law at Labor Code section 1777.5 and the California Code of Regulations section 203.1. The firm quickly convinced the DAS that the complainant, a union watchdog-type group, was wrong in its use of the law relating to approved apprenticeship programs and apprentice dispatch requests. The DAS dismissed the complaint before a hearing was necessary. In short order, the firm’s client was paid in full its project funds which had been withheld due to the apprenticeship complaint.
DAS Complaint #2009-0778
Counsel: Chad T. Wishchuk