In addition to penalties and back wages, a contractor who willfully violates prevailing wage law on public works may be subject to debarment, which means the contractor:
Explanation
Labor Code §1777.1 makes a debarred contractor, and any firm in which it holds an interest, ineligible to bid on, be awarded, or work as a subcontractor on public works for a stated term of one to three years; the term ends and eligibility returns. The CSLB licence is a separate matter and is not revoked by debarment, permanently or otherwise. Treble damages are not the prevailing wage remedy; §1775 adds a per-worker, per-day penalty plus the wage difference. California debarment reaches state and local public works, while federal exclusion is a separate federal process.
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