Associated Builders and Contractors of West Virginia (ABCWV) voiced its concerns over the newly presented methodology for the calculation of prevailing wage rates in West Virginia after Workforce West Virginia released aÌýsummary of its reportÌýon June 1. The report, a product of prevailing wage reform legislation (S.B. 361) signed ÌýMarch 12 by West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D), illustrates how new methodology will determine Ìýforthcoming prevailing wage rates on state-funded public improvements. ÌýHowever, because Workforce West Virginia failed to publish its new prevailing wage calculations by the July 1 deadline because lawmakers complained t

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