An interesting case appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which confused everyone. The case ended up in appellate court after the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant on breach of contract claims relating to its failure to pay to the plaintiffs’ prevailing wages for testing and inspection work they performed.
The case was brought by workers who maintained, repaired, tested and inspected fire alarm and suppression systems in public and private buildings in New York. They claimed that the defendant did not pay them “prevailing wages” for their labor on “public works” in violation of New York Labor Law (NYLL) Section 220.