Michigan Laws 408.1111 – Failure to comply; liability; civil action; damages
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 408.1111
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Construction mechanic: means a skilled or unskilled mechanic, laborer, worker, helper, assistant, or apprentice working on a state project but shall not include executive, administrative, professional, office, or custodial employees. See Michigan Laws 408.1101
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contracting agent: means any officer, school board, board or commission of the state, or a state institution supported in whole or in part by state funds, authorized to enter into a contract for a state project or to perform a state project by the direct employment of labor. See Michigan Laws 408.1101
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
If a contracting agent does not include in the contract documents or bidding forms the requirement to pay prevailing wages and fringe benefits as required under section 2 or the schedule of prevailing wages and fringe benefits as required under section 3, the contracting agent, in addition to injunctive relief, is liable for any loss of wages and fringe benefits suffered by construction mechanics on the project as a result of the contracting agents’ violation. An aggrieved construction mechanic, in addition to any other remedies provided in this act or in law, may bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against a contracting agent for the violation and may recover actual damages, interest assessed up to 10% per annum, costs, and attorney fees at trial and on appeal.