CA AB454

Requires that average weekly earnings for employees on public works projects be calculated using the greater of either actual wages paid or the applicable prevailing wage.

Applies to public works projects subject to prevailing wage requirements under California Labor Code Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720).

Limits the scope of appeals board determinations regarding whether a project qualifies as public work or the applicable prevailing wage, preventing such determinations from affecting other judicial or administrative proceedings.

Amends Labor Code Section 4454.5 to establish this calculation method for temporary disability indemnity and permanent total disability indemnity purposes.