This narrowing can affect other blood vessels as well, which can increase blood pressure. To keep your blood pressure in check, avoid over-the-counter decongestants and multisymptom cold remedies that contain decongestants â such as pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, phenylephrine, naphazoline and oxymetazoline. Instead: 1  Choose a cold medication designed for people who have high blood pressure.
Prevailing wage requirements of various laws applicable to government contracts are enforced by the Wage & Hour Division. The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) require payment of prevailing wages to laborers and mechanics employed on federal and federally-assisted construction projects.
Prevailing wages are established by regulatory agencies for each trade and occupation employed in the performance of public work, as well as by State Departments of Labor or their equivalents. Prevailing wages were first established shortly after the Civil War when Congress passed the National Eight Hour Day law.upporters suggest that prevailing wage laws seek to prevent public construction projects from destabilizing a local construction industry and to advance other priorities such as workforce development, green building, and greenhouse gas reduction.