Office to Housing Conversion Act
Cal. GOV § 65658.13
California Statutes
Notwithstanding any law, and in addition to any other applicable labor standards provided in this article, any adaptive reuse project approved by a local government pursuant to this
article shall meet all of the following labor standards: (
a) The development proponent shall require in contracts with construction contractors, and shall certify to the local government, that the standards specified in this
section will be met in project construction. (
b) A development that is not in its entirety a public work for purposes of
Chapter 1 (commencing with
Section 1720) of Part of Division of the Labor Code and approved by a local government pursuant to Sections 65658.8 and 65658.9 shall be subject to all of the following:
(1) All construction workers employed in the execution of the development shall be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.
(2) The development proponent shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of the work for those portions of the development that are not a public work.
(3) All contractors and subcontractors for those portions of the development that are not a public work shall comply with both of the following: (
A) Pay to all construction workers employed in the execution of the work at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate. (
B) Maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to
Section of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying as provided in that section. This subparagraph does not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the development are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the development and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure. (c)
(1) The obligation of the contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages pursuant to this
section may be enforced by any of the following: (
A) The Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to
Section of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to
Section of the Labor Code, within months after the completion of the project. (
B) An underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action. (
C) A joint labor-management committee through a civil action under
Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code.
(2) If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued pursuant to this section, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond or bonds issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to
Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code.
(3) This subdivision does not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the development are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the development and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure. (
d) Notwithstanding subdivision (
c) of
Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing does not apply to those portions of development that are not a public work if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker. (
e) The requirement of this
section to pay at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages does not preclude use of an alternative workweek
schedule adopted pursuant to