Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, expresses the public policy that the prevailing wage rate be paid to workers on non-state contracts for construction projects on public highways; makes other revisions to the Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4.

HB 2541 requires that workers on non-state construction contracts for public highway projects funded with state or federal money receive the prevailing wage rate, expanding the existing requirement from state contracts only. It directly affects construction workers and contractors working on public highway projects using public funds, including those under private contracts. The bill amends Tennessee's Prevailing Wage Act by redefining "state contract" to include non-state projects on public highways and updating the policy statement to mandate fair wages for all such projects. These changes apply to contracts entered into, amended, or renewed after the bill's effective date.