New Jersey § 18a:20-4
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 18a:20-4, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18a:20-4.
If any public work shall be contracted for by a private party acting under an express
agreement or understanding for subsequent lease by a board of education, and if it
shall be found prior to execution of a lease pursuant to such understanding or agreement
that any workman or workmen employed by the contractor or any subcontractor covered
by said contract has been paid a rate of wages less than the prevailing wage required
to be paid by such contract, then the board of education involved in any such agreement
or understanding shall not execute a lease pursuant thereto, nor make any payment
in connection therewith, until all wages due and owing to any such workman or workmen
in compliance with the stipulated prevailing wage rate have been paid; and such private
party is hereby authorized to withhold from any contractor or subcontractor who shall
have failed to pay the prevailing wage any sums due to such contractor or subcontractor
to an amount sufficient to pay to any workman or workmen the balance of wages due
him or them as a result of the contractor's failure to pay the prevailing wage, and
to make such payments directly to such workman or workmen out of the sums thus withheld. For the purposes of this section, the fact and extent of a contractor's or subcontractor's
failure to pay the prevailing wage shall be determined in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the “New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act” (P.L. 1963, c. 150). 1 1
N.J.S.A. § 34:11-56.25 et seq.
Frequently Asked Questions About New Jersey § 18a:20-4
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Section 18a:20-4 is part of the New Jersey Statutes, the codified statutory law of New Jersey. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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