If it is a private company doing a sewer repair for a homeowner, go tell the homeowner that they should have hired a company that was going to charge them double time.
I am tired of these homeowners acting like it is the contractors fault when they clearly are more interested in the fastest job, on the fastest schedule, at cheapest price.
Next time you want something done, tell the contractor or your gardener you want to be charged a price that includes City of SB Public Works prevailing wage rates, benefit packages

Here is what you should be paying your laborer BY LAW in a city of SB public works project as of 8-21-2021
https://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/2022-1/PWD/Determinations/Southern/SC-023-102-2.pdf
$62.03 per Hour
Sunday, Holiday $99.46 per hour

(Many people who are ignorant about prevailing wage law and its calculations make the mistake here of doubling the $ per hour number for overtime $62.03. The actual calculation is base rate X2 plus ?

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