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The Supreme Court will address whether construction workers should be paid prevailing wages for the time period of hauling equipment to the public works jobs. The grinding crew members brought a case against their employers saying that their overtime rate should be based on the higher prevailing wage, rather than the standard wage. The state labor code mandates prevailing wages for workers involved in public works; However, a federal judge in San Francisco stated that California’s prevailing wage law does not cover transporting equipment to public work sites. The case has advanced and the California Supreme Court will deliver their opinion.