Construction workers earn a median annual pay of $34,500. This is at a time when a one bedroom apartment rents for about $2,000/month and 3 bedroom for close to $4,000/month. Simply put, construction workers don’t make enough money to live in the buildings they are...

Downtown Los Angeles is experiencing an explosive growth in construction of retail, commercial, office space and residential projects. Residential development experienced a growth of almost 3,300 homes completed in 2018, with 7000 more under construction and plans...

With the dramatic reduction in the number of California construction workers representation by unions, employers have pushed the boundaries of the law in compensating workers. Many workers are unaware of the protections offered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards...

For many decades the workers in the United States have been protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act which provided wage, hour and benefit protections for employees.  However, it failed to regulate the compensation and benefits for independent contractors.  Over...

Salary There are lots of rosy statistics which claim that construction workers in California are among the highest paid in the United States. This claim is at best misleading and masks a seismic shift in the compensation for construction workers nationally and in...