The Copeland Antikickback Act

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The Copeland Anti-kickback Act

• By Mike Hurley

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The Copeland Act

• The act itself
• The history
• Job Targeting

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The Copeland Act

• "Whoever, by force, intimidation, or threat of
  procuring dismissal from employment, or by any
  other manner whatsoever induces any person
  employed in the construction, prosecution,
  completion or repair of any public building,
  public work, or building or work financed in
  whole or in part by loans or grants from the
  United States, to give up any part of the
  compensation to which he is entitled under his
  contract of employment, shall be fined not more
  than 5,000 or imprisoned not more than five
  years, or both. (1934)"

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The Copeland Act (as amended)

• "The Secretary of Labor shall make reasonable
  regulations for contractors and subcontractors
  engaged in the construction, prosecution,
  completion or repair of public buildings, public
  works or buildings or works financed in whole or
  in part by loans or grants from the United
  States, including a provision that each
  contractor and subcontractor shall furnish weekly
  a statement with respect to the wages paid each
  employee during the preceding week. Section 1001
  of Title 18 of the United States Code (Criminal
  Code and Criminal Procedure) shall apply to such
  statements. (1948)"

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The History

• The Great Depression
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Unemployment
• Wage Deflation
• Public Works Projects

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Job Targeting
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Conclusion

• The Copeland Act
• History
• Job targeting

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Questions?
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References

• (1934). Copeland "Anti-Kickback" Act. United
  States. Title 18 U.S.C. 874.
• (1948). Copeland "Anti-Kickback" Act (as
  amended). United States. Title 40 U.S.C. 276c.
• Northrup, H. R. and A. T. White (1996).
  "Subsidizing contractors to gain employment
  construction union "job targeting."" Berkeley
  Journal of Employment and Labor Law 17(1) 62-90.