Wisconsin Legislature: 215,25

66.293 (8) (title) Posting. For the information of the employes working on the project, the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor determined by the department or exempted municipality local governmental unit and the provisions of pars. (a) and (e) subs. (10) (a) and (11) (a) shall be kept posted by the employer local governmental unit in at least one conspicuous and easily accessible place at on the site of the project or, if there is no common site on the project, at the place normally used by the local governmental unit to post public notices.

215,15 Section 15 . 66.293 (3) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (9) (b) and amended to read:

66.293 (9) (b) Each Upon completion of a project and before receiving final payment for his or her work on the project, each agent or subcontractor shall furnish the contractor with evidence of compliance with an affidavit stating that the agent or subcontractor has complied fully with the requirements of this subsection section. A contractor may not authorize final payment until such an affidavit is filed in proper form and order.

215,16 Section 16 . 66.293 (3) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (9) (c) and amended to read:

66.293 (9) (c) Upon completion of the a project and prior to before receiving final payment therefor for his or her work on the project, each contractor shall file with the municipality local governmental unit authorizing the work an affidavit stating that the contractor has complied fully with the provisions and requirements of this subsection section and that the contractor has received evidence of compliance an affidavit under par. (b) from each of the contractor's agents and subcontractors. No municipality may A local governmental unit may not authorize a final payment until such an affidavit is filed in proper form and order. If a local governmental unit authorizes a final payment before such an affidavit is filed in proper form and order or if the department determines, based on the greater weight of the credible evidence, that any person specified in sub. (4) has been or may have been paid less than the prevailing wage rate or less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor and requests that the local governmental unit withhold all or part of the final payment, but the local governmental unit fails to do so, the local governmental unit is liable for all back wages payable up to the amount of that final payment.

215,17 Section 17 . 66.293 (3) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (10) (b) and amended to read:

66.293 (10) (b) The department of industry, labor and human relations or the contracting municipality local governmental unit may demand and examine, and it shall be the duty of every contractor, subcontractor and agent thereof to keep and furnish to the department or local governmental unit, copies of any payrolls and other records and information relating to the wages paid laborers, workmen or mechanics on to persons described in sub. (4) for work to which this subsection section applies. The department may inspect records in the manner provided in ch. 101. Every contractor, subcontractor or agent performing work on a project that is subject to this section is subject to the requirements of ch. 101 relating to the examination of records.

215,18 Section 18 . 66.293 (3) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (9) (a) and amended to read:

66.293 (9) (a) When the department of industry, labor and human relations finds that a municipality local governmental unit has not requested a prevailing wage rate determination under sub. (3) (am) or that a local governmental unit, contractor or subcontractor has not physically incorporated a prevailing wage rate determination into the a contract or subcontract as required under this subsection section or has not notified a minor subcontractor of a determination in the manner prescribed by the department by rule promulgated under sub. (3) (dm), the department shall notify the municipality local governmental unit, contractor or subcontractor of such noncompliance and shall file the prevailing wage rate determination with the municipality local governmental unit, contractor or subcontractor within 30 days after such notice.

215,19 Section 19 . 66.293 (3) (k) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (10) (d) and amended to read:

66.293 (10) (d) The provisions of s. Section 101.02 (5) (f), (12), (13) and (14) apply applies to this subsection section, except that s. 101.02 (13) (a) does not apply to any person who fails to provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under sub. (3) (am) or (ar). Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge or other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this subsection section, including proceedings under par. sub. (11) (a).

215,20 Section 20 . 66.293 (3) (m) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (10) (c) and amended to read:

66.293 (10) (c) If requested by any person, the department shall inspect the payroll records of the contractors, subcontractors or agents any contractor, subcontractor or agent performing work on a project that is subject to this section to ensure compliance with this section. The cost of the inspection shall be paid by the person making the request, if If the contractor, subcontractor, or agent subject to the inspection is found to be in compliance and if the person making the request is a person specified in sub. (4), the department shall charge the person making the request the actual cost of the inspection. If the contractor, subcontractor or agent subject to the inspection is found to be in compliance and if the person making the request is not a person specified in sub. (4), the department shall charge the person making the request $250 or the actual cost of the inspection, whichever is greater.

215,21 Section 21 . 66.293 (3) (n) of the statutes is renumbered 66.293 (12) and amended to read:

66.293 (12) (title) Debarment. (a) Except as provided under subds. 2. and 3. pars. (b) and (c), the department of industry, labor and human relations shall notify any municipality local governmental unit applying for a determination under sub. (3) (intro.) and any municipality local governmental unit exempted under par. (d) sub. (6) of the names of all persons whom the department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under this subsection sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked on a project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under this subsection sub. (3) at any time in the preceding 3 years. The department shall include with any such name the address of such person and shall specify when and how such person has failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under this subsection and when and how such person has failed to pay less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked on a project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under this subsection. No municipality. A local governmental unit may not award any contract to such person unless otherwise recommended by the department or unless at least 3 years have elapsed from the date the department issued its findings or the date of final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, whichever is later.

(b) The department may not include in a notification under subd. 1. par. (a) the name of any person on the basis of having let work to a person whom the department has found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under this subsection sub. (3) or has found to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked on a project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under this subsection sub. (3).

(c) This paragraph subsection does not apply to any contractor, subcontractor or agent who in good faith commits a minor violation of this section, as determined on a case-by-case basis through administrative hearings with all rights to due process afforded to all parties or who has not exhausted or waived all appeals.

(d) Any person submitting a bid on a project that is subject to this section shall be required, on the date the person submits the bid, to identify any construction business in which the person, or a shareholder, officer, or partner or member of the person, if the person is a business, owns, or has owned at least a 25% interest on the date the person submits the bid or at any other time within 3 years preceding the date the person submits the bid, if the business has been found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage rate determined under this subsection sub. (3) or to have paid less than 1.5 times the hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked on a project in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under this subsection sub. (3).

(e) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this paragraph subsection.

215,22 Section 22 . 66.293 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

66.293 (4) Covered employes. (a) All of the following employes shall be paid the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) and may not be permitted to work a greater number of hours per day or per calendar week than the prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3), unless they are paid for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times their hourly basic rate of pay:

1. All laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers employed on the site of a project that is subject to this section, or employed to deliver mineral aggregate such as sand, gravel or stone that is immediately incorporated into the work, and not stockpiled or further transported by truck, to or from the site of a project that is subject to this section by depositing the material substantially in place, directly or through spreaders from the transporting vehicle, or employed to transport excavated material or spoil from and return to the site of a project that is subject to this section.

2. All laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers employed in the manufacturing or furnishing of materials, articles, supplies or equipment on the site of a project that is subject to this section or from a facility dedicated exclusively, or nearly so, to a project that is subject to this section by a contractor, subcontractor, agent or other person performing any work on the site of the project.

(b) Notwithstanding par. (a), a laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver who is regularly employed in the processing, manufacturing or delivery of materials or products by or for a commercial establishment that has a fixed place of business from which the establishment regularly supplies processed or manufactured materials or products is not entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) or to receive at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3).

(c) A truck driver who is an owner-operator of a truck shall be paid separately for his or her work and for the use of his or her truck.

215,23 Section 23 . 66.293 (9) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

66.293 (9) (title) Compliance.

215,24 Section 24 . 66.293 (10) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

66.293 (10) (title) Records; inspection; enforcement.

215,25 Section 25 . 66.293 (10) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts 27 and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

66.293 (10) (b) The department or the contracting local governmental unit may demand and examine, and it shall be the duty of every contractor, subcontractor and agent thereof to keep and furnish to the department or local governmental unit, copies of payrolls and other records and information relating to the wages paid to persons described in sub. (4) for work to which this section applies. The department may inspect records in the manner provided in chs. 103 to 106. Every contractor, subcontractor or agent performing work on a project that is subject to this section is subject to the requirements of chs. 103 to 106 relating to the examination of records.

215,26 Section 26 . 66.293 (10) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts 27 and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

66.293 (10) (d) Section 103.005 (5) (f), (11), (12) and (13) applies to this section, except that s. 103.005 (12) (a) does not apply to any person who fails to provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under sub. (3) (am) or (ar). Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge or other discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this section, including proceedings under sub. (11) (a).

215,27 Section 27 . 66.293 (11) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

66.293 (11) (title) Liability and penalties.

215,28 Section 28 . 66.293 (11) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

66.293 (11) (b) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2., 4. and 6., any contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof who violates this section may be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both. Each day that any such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.

2. Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any project that is subject to this section to give up, waive or return any part of the wages to which the individual is entitled under the contract governing such project, or who reduces the hourly basic rate of pay normally paid to an employe for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the employe works both on a project that is subject to this section and on a project that is not subject to this section, by threat not to employ, by threat of dismissal from such employment or by any other means is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (1).

3. Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section who knowingly permits a contractor, subcontractor or agent thereof to pay him or her less than the prevailing wage rate set forth in the contract governing such project, who gives up, waives or returns any part of the compensation to which he or she is entitled under the contract, or who gives up, waives or returns any part of the compensation to which he or she is normally entitled for work on a project that is not subject to this section during a week in which the person works both on a project that is subject to this section and on a project that is not subject to this section, is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (2).

4. Whoever induces any individual who seeks to be or is employed on any project that is subject to this section to permit any part of the wages to which the individual is entitled under the contract governing such project to be deducted from the individual's pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (3), unless the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from an individual who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c.

5. Any person employed on a project that is subject to this section who knowingly permits any part of the wages to which he or she is entitled under the contract governing such project to be deducted from his or her pay is guilty of an offense under s. 946.15 (4), unless the deduction would be permitted under 29 CFR 3.5 or 3.6 from a person who is working on a project that is subject to 40 USC 276c.

6. Subdivision 1. does not apply to any person who fails to provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under sub. (3) (am) or (ar).

215,29 Section 29 . 101.02 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

101.02 (13) (a) If any employer, employe, owner, or other person violates ss. 101.01 to 101.25, or fails or refuses to perform any duty lawfully enjoined, within the time prescribed by the department, for which no penalty has been specifically provided, or fails, neglects or refuses to obey any lawful order given or made by the department, or any judgment or decree made by any court in connection with ss. 101.01 to 101.25, for each such violation, failure or refusal, such employer, employe, owner or other person shall forfeit and pay into the state treasury a sum not less than $10 nor more than $100 for each such offense. This paragraph does not apply to any person who fails to provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under s. 103.49 (3) (a) or (am) or 103.50 (3) or (4).

215,30 Section 30 . 101.02 (13) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts 27 and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

101.02 (13) (a) If any employer, employe, owner, or other person violates this subchapter, or fails or refuses to perform any duty specified under this subchapter, within the time prescribed by the department, for which no penalty has been specifically provided, or fails, neglects or refuses to obey any lawful order given or made by the department, or any judgment or decree made by any court in connection with this subchapter, for each such violation, failure or refusal, such employer, employe, owner or other person shall forfeit and pay into the state treasury a sum not less than $10 nor more than $100 for each such offense.

215,31 Section 31 . 103.005 (12) (a) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

103.005 (12) (a) If any employer, employe, owner, or other person violates chs. 103 to 106, or fails or refuses to perform any duty required under chs. 103 to 106, within the time prescribed by the department, for which no penalty has been specifically provided, or fails, neglects or refuses to obey any lawful order given or made by the department or any judgment or decree made by any court in connection with chs. 103 to 106, for each such violation, failure or refusal, the employer, employe, owner or other person shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $100 for each offense. This paragraph does not apply to any person who fails to provide any information to the department to assist the department in determining prevailing wage rates or prevailing hours of labor under s. 103.49 (3) (a) or (am) or 103.50 (3) or (4).

215,32 Section 32 . 103.49 (1) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

103.49 (1) (title) Definitions.

215,33m Section 33m. 103.49 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

103.49 (1) (a) “Area" means the county or other locality from which labor for any project would normally be secured in which a proposed project that is subject to this section is located or, if the department determines that there is insufficient wage data in that county, “area" means those counties that are contiguous to that county or, if the department determines that there is insufficient wage data in those counties, “area" means those counties that are contiguous to those counties or, if the department determines that there is insufficient wage data in those counties, “area" means the entire state or, if the department is requested to review a determination under sub. (3) (c), “area" means the city, village or town in which a proposed project that is subject to this section is located.

215,34 Section 34 . 103.49 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

103.49 (1) (b) “Hourly basic rate of pay" means the hourly wage paid to any employe, excluding any contributions or payments for health and welfare insurance benefits, vacation benefits, pension benefits and any other bona fide economic benefits, whether paid directly or indirectly.

215,34m Section 34m. 103.49 (1) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

103.49 (1) (bg) “Insufficient wage data" means less than 500 hours of work performed in a particular trade or occupation on projects that are similar to a proposed project that is subject to this section.

215,35 Section 35 . 103.49 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

103.49 (1) (bm) “Multiple-trade public works project" means a public works project in which no single trade accounts for 85% or more of the total labor cost of the project.

215,36m Section 36m. 103.49 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 103.49 (1) (c) (intro.) and amended to read:

103.49 (1) (c) “Prevailing hours of labor" in for any trade or occupation in any area means the hours of labor per day and per week worked within the area by a larger number of workers than are employed in the trade or occupation for any other number of hours per day or week. In no event shall the prevailing hours of labor be deemed to be no more than 8 10 hours per day nor more than 40 hours per week. and may not include any hours worked on a Saturday or Sunday or on any of the following holidays:

215,37 Section 37 . 103.49 (1) (c) 1. to 8. of the statutes are created to read:

103.49 (1) (c) 1. January 1.

2. The last Monday in May.

3. July 4.

4. The first Monday in September.

5. The 4th Thursday in November.

6. December 25.

7. The day before if January 1, July 4 or December 25 falls on a Saturday.

8. The day following if January 1, July 4 or December 25 falls on a Sunday.

215,38 Section 38 . 103.49 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

103.49 (1) (d) “Prevailing wage rate" in for any trade or occupation engaged in the erection, construction, remodeling, repairing or demolition of any project of public works in any area means the hourly basic rate paid of pay, plus the hourly contribution for health and welfare insurance benefits, vacation benefits, pension benefits and any other bona fide economic benefit, whether paid directly or indirectly, to for a majority of all persons employed the hours worked in the trade or occupation in the area on projects in the area, or if there is no rate at which a majority are employed of the hours worked in the trade or occupation on projects in the area is paid, then the prevailing wage rate for any trade or occupation engaged in the erection, construction, remodeling, repairing or demolition of any project of public works in any area shall be the rate which is paid to a larger number of employes than any other rate paid in the area for work in the trade or occupation average hourly basic rate of pay, weighted by the number of hours worked, plus the average hourly contribution, weighted by the number of hours worked, for health insurance benefits, vacation benefits, pension benefits and any other bona fide economic benefit, paid directly or indirectly for all hours worked at the hourly basic rate of pay of the highest-paid 51% of hours worked in that trade or occupation.

215,39 Section 39 . 103.49 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

103.49 (1) (e) “Single-trade public works project" means a public works project in which a single trade accounts for 85% or more of the total labor cost of the project.

215,40 Section 40 . 103.49 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

103.49 (1) (f) “State agency" means any office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature and the courts.

215,41 Section 41 . 103.49 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

103.49 (1) (g) “Truck driver" includes an owner-operator of a truck.

215,42 Section 42 . 103.49 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

103.49 (2) (title) Prevailing wage rates and hours of labor. Any contract hereafter made for the erection, construction, remodeling or, repairing or demolition of any public building or for any other project of public works, except contracts for the construction or maintenance of public highways, streets and bridges, to which the state, any department thereof or any public building corporation state agency or the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a party shall contain a stipulation that no laborer, workman or mechanic employed directly upon the site of the work by the contractor or by any subcontractor, agent or other person, doing or contracting to do all or a part of the work, shall person described in sub. (2m) may be permitted to work a greater number of hours per day or per calendar week than the prevailing hours of labor determined pursuant to this section under sub. (3), except that any such laborer, workman or mechanic person may be permitted or required to work more than such prevailing number of hours of labor per day and per calendar week if he or she is paid for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1-1/2 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay; nor shall he may he or she be paid less than the prevailing wage rate in the same or most similar trade or occupation in the area wherein such public building or project of public works is situated; nor shall this section apply to wage rates and hours of employment of laborers, workmen or mechanics engaged in the processing or manufacture of materials or products or to the delivery thereof by or for commercial establishments which have a fixed place of business from which they regularly supply such processed or manufactured materials or products; except that this section shall apply to laborers, workmen or mechanics who deliver mineral aggregate such as sand, gravel or stone which is incorporated into the work under the contract by depositing the material substantially in place, directly or through spreaders, from the transporting vehicle. The determined under sub. (3). A reference to the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3) shall be published in the notice issued for the purpose of securing bids for the project. If any contract or subcontract for a project that is subject to this section is entered into, the prevailing wage rates, and prevailing hours of labor, and hourly basic rates of pay determined pursuant to this section under sub. (3) shall be set forth specifically in physically incorporated into and made a part of the contract or subcontract, except that for a minor subcontract, as determined by the department, the department shall prescribe by rule the method of notifying the minor subcontractor of the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to the minor subcontract. The prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor applicable to a contract or subcontract may not be changed during the time that the contract or subcontract is in force.

215,43 Section 43 . 103.49 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

103.49 (2m) Covered employes. (a) All of the following employes shall be paid the prevailing wage rate determined under sub. (3) and may not be permitted to work a greater number of hours per day or per calendar week than the prevailing hours of labor determined under sub. (3), unless they are paid for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times their hourly basic rate of pay:

(c) A truck driver who is an owner-operator of a truck shall be paid separately for his or her work and for the use of his or her truck.

215,44 Section 44 . 103.49 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

103.49 (3) (title) Investigation; determination.

215,45 Section 45 . 103.49 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 103.49 (3) (a) and amended to read:

103.49 (3) (a) Before bids are asked for any work to which this section applies, the department or officer state agency having the authority to prescribe the specifications shall request apply to the department to ascertain determine the prevailing wage rates, rate and prevailing hours of labor and hourly basic rates of pay for all trades and occupations for each trade or occupation required in the work under contemplation in the area in which the work is to be done. The department shall make such investigations and hold such public hearings as may be necessary to enable it to ascertain define the trades or occupations that are commonly employed on projects that are subject to this section and to inform itself as to the prevailing wage rates and prevailing hours of labor in all areas of the state for those trades or occupations with a view to ascertaining the prevailing wage rate, and prevailing hours of labor and hourly basic rate of pay for each such trade or occupation. It The department shall make issue its determination within 30 days after receipt of receiving the request and shall file the same with the department or officer state agency applying therefor. The For the information of the employes working on the project, the prevailing hours of labor, the prevailing wage rates, the hourly basic rates of pay and trades or occupations for all labor involved in each project to which this section is applicable shall, together with and prevailing hours of labor determined by the department and the provisions of subs. (2) and (4), (6m) shall be kept posted on the project by the employer state agency in at least one conspicuous and easily accessible place for the information of the employes working on the on the site of the project.