Lab. Code, § 1771 · Article 2. Wages
Lab. Code, § 1771
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Except for public works projects of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is performed, and not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime work fixed as provided in this chapter, shall be paid to all workers employed on public works.
This section is applicable only to work performed under contract, and is not applicable to work carried out by a public agency with its own forces. This section is applicable to contracts let for maintenance work.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 449, Sec. 1.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=1771.
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Cited by 10 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Lab. Code, § 1771. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Health and Safety Code
Labor Code
- Lab. Code, § 90.5Printed as Sections 226, 1021, 1021.5, 1193.5, 1193.6, 1194.5, 1197, 1198, 1771, 1776, 1777.5, 2651, 2673, 2675, and 3700
- Lab. Code, § 90.7Printed as Section 226.2, 1021, 1021.5, 1197, or 1771
- Lab. Code, § 1725.5Printed as Section 1771
- Lab. Code, § 1771.5Printed as Section 1771
- Lab. Code, § 1775Printed as Sections 1771, 1776, 1777.5, 1813, and 1815
- Lab. Code, § 1776Printed as Sections 1771, 1811, and 1815
- Lab. Code, § 1777.7Printed as Sections 1771, 1775, 1776, 1777.5, 1813, and 1815
- Lab. Code, § 1781Printed as Section 1771
- Lab. Code, § 2699.5Printed as Sections 1735, 1771, 1774, 1776, 1777.5, 1811, 1815, 2651, and 2673
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