Proposal to keep West Virginia workers pay on public projects secret debated

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Legislators Tuesday debated a proposal to keep secret how much workers are paid when they’re hired for publicly funded projects.

Bryan Hoylman, president of Associated Builders and Contractors, argued that making the data available to the public invades workers’ privacy and amounts to revealing proprietary information.

“That information is proprietary and is a trade secret,” Hoylman told a legislative interim committee.

Hoylman said disclosing wages of employees working on publicly funded projects was necessary when state law required contractors to pay state prevailing wages, but isn’t needed since the prevailing wage law was repealed last year.

Read more: http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-politics/20170822/proposal-to-keep-wv-workers-pay-on-public-projects-secret-debated

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1. Hey! How've you been?

And this, if it passes, is appalling.

[TexasTowelie]

2. I'm okay.

It didn't rain much in Wharton on Sunday, but it started raining moderately again tonight. The Colorado River is supposed to crest on Monday evening and I'm holding out well for food and other supplies; however, it wouldn't hurt to make a grocery run.

As far the bill is the concerned, I think that it probably best to reveal what the employees that are put on loan are getting paid It has a certain smell and potential for abuse when things are kept secret.

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3. Glad to hear you're doing well. Take care and don't take any chances for that

grocery run.

And yes. If the public pays, the public should be able to know what they are paying for, and WV businesses are not exactly known for their above-board dealings. This will pass, and within 5 years we will learn about the abuse of employees by the companies.