violation, your benefits will stop for six months; for the second violation,12 months; and for the third, 24 months. You can call, write, or visit us to make a report.
The Department of Labor and Industry, through the Bureau of Labor Law Compliance, determines prevailing wage rates for the construction industry and enforces the rates and classifications under heavy, highway and building construction projects of $25,000 or more when public funds are involved.
A prevailing wage is a rate of pay determined by the U.S. Department of Labor based upon the particular geographic area for a given class of labor and type of project.revailing wages is a term used in a legislative effort to provideorganized labor a fair chance to bid for government contracts. Federal law requires all employers engaged in the performance of federal contracts to pay prevailing wages to their workers.