Indiana Governor Mike Pence has ended Indiana's reliance on
the Common Construction Wage Act (CCWA), a system that
Indiana's state and local governments have used for eight
decades for most publicly funded construction projects.
Last week, Gov. Pence signed into law House Enrolled Act 1019 which repeals the
CCWA.
The statute provides that, unless required by federal or state
law, public agencies are prohibited from establishing, mandating,
or otherwise requiring a wage scale or wage schedule for a public
works project.
Under the old system, boards in each county set the hourly wage
rates for each job classification for publicly financed projects in
that county in excess of $350,000. The repeal of the CCWA
eliminates these local boards and modifies public project bidding
to be more similar to bidding in private sector projects.
