Prevailing Wage Case Worker: Preemption Ruling Doesn’t Need U.S. High Court Review

(April 9, 2024, 9:58 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court shouldn’t review a preemption ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) in a Massachusetts Prevailing Wage Act case as the decision was not “final,” there are still unresolved issues in the case making it a poor vehicle, the ruling was correct and no further review is warranted, an employee who sued his former employer for failing to pay him according to the act argues in his respondent brief that had been requested by the high court after the employee initially waived his right to respond....