Michigan’s Workforce and the Prevailing Wages

Earlier this year, the Michigan Legislature voted into law three proposals originally destined for the November ballot, including proposals to repeal Michigan’s prevailing wage, set a higher minimum wage and set a minimum sick leave benefit for workers. So now what? This forum will explore Michigan’s Prevailing Wage and looks to human resources and labor relations experts to layout the current law and its impact on employers, skilled trades, and working families. It will observe variations of the law, as in effect in 32 other states, and generate next step scenarios given the repeal and a newly formed lawsuit against the repeal.

Panelist Biographical Information

Dale Belman Professor in the School of Human Resources & Labor Relations at MSU and President of the Institute for Construction Economics Research.
Neil Parish Assistant Manager at the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA).
See Neil Parish's Presentation (.pdf)
Jeff Wiggins State Director of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan (ABC).

See Panelist Biographical Information (.pdf)