In handling thousands of disputes and controversies under Illinois’s ever-expanding prevailing wage law for 25 years, we have seen the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (IPWA) expanded to include very specific non-construction related tasks as “public works”—and thus, covered work under the state’s notorious prevailing wage law. However, the latest change is a real head-turn! For the first time, prevailing wage mandates under the IPWA specifically include workers who simply inspect a fixture/structure.
