Lab. Code, § 1770 · Article 2. Wages
Lab. Code, § 1770
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The Director of the Department of Industrial Relations shall determine the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 1773, and the director’s determination in the matter shall be final except as provided in Section 1773.4. Nothing in this article, however, shall prohibit the payment of more than the general prevailing rate of wages to any worker employed on public work. This chapter does not permit any overtime work in violation of Article 3.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 28, Sec. 17. (SB 96) Effective June 27, 2017.
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