Why Were the Davis-Bacon and Walsh-Healy Acts Enforced

question 60

Multiple Choice

Why were the Davis-Bacon and Walsh-Healy acts enforced?

• A) To prohibit employees in different types of jobs from demanding overtime premium payment after 40 hours per week
• B) To pay wages lower than those paid in the local area or industry for jobs like government contract construction work or producing manufactured goods for the federal government
• C) To impose fines on the firms that encouraged employees to work beyond 40 hours per week
• D) To stimulate expanded employment and take wages out of competition for federal government work

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