You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Under Service Contract Act, Emergency Contract Was Subject to Predecessor’s CBA

Abrahams Wolf-Rodda – Under Section 4(c) of the Service Contract Act (“SCA”) a successor contractor is required to pay not less than the wage and fringe benefits that a predecessor contractor agreed to pay pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) entered into during the predecessor contract period. Section 4(c) thus operates as a floor to the wages and benefits, but it is not a ceiling.