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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6378
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2859
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CODIFYING PREVAILING WAGE CONTRAC T RATES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 31-53 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2021): 3
(d) For the purpose of predetermining the prevailing rate of wage on 4
an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or 5
payable on behalf of each person to any employee welfare fund, as 6
defined in subsection (i) of this section, in each town where such 7
contract is to be performed, the Labor Commissioner shall [(1) hold a 8
hearing at any required time to determine the prevailing rate of wages 9
on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or 10
payable on behalf of each person to any employee welfare fund, as 11
defined in subsection (i) of this section, upon any public work within 12
any specified area, and shall establish classifications of skilled, 13
semiskilled and ordinary labor, or (2)] adopt the rate of wages on an 14
hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or 15
payable on behalf of each person to any employee welfare fund, as 16 Raised Bill No. 6378
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defined in subsection (i) of this section, as established in dominant 17
collective bargaining agreements or understandings between employers 18
or employer associations and bona fide labor organizations for the same 19
work in the same trade or occupation in the town in which the 20
applicable building, heavy or highway works project is being 21
constructed. For each trade or occupation for which more than one 22
collective bargaining agreement is in effect for the town in which such 23
project is being constructed, the dominant collective bargaining 24
agreement shall prevail. For each trade or occupation for which there is 25
no collective bargaining agreement in effect for the town in which such 26
project is being constructed, the Labor Commissioner shall adopt and 27
use such appropriate and applicable prevailing wage rate 28
determinations as have been made by the Secretary of Labor of the 29
United States under the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended. 30
Sec. 2. Section 31-54 of the general statutes is repealed and the 31
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 32
The Labor Commissioner shall [hold a hearing at any required time 33
to] determine the prevailing rate of wages upon any highway contract 34
within any specified area on an hourly basis and the amount of payment 35
or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any 36
employee welfare fund, as defined in section 31-53, as amended by this 37
act, upon any classifications of skilled, semiskilled and ordinary labor. 38
Said commissioner shall determine the prevailing rate of wages on an 39
hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or 40
payable on behalf of each employee to any employee welfare fund, as 41
defined in section 31-53, as amended by this act, in each locality where 42
any highway or bridge is to be constructed, and the Commissioner of 43
Transportation shall include such rate of wage on an hourly basis and 44
the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of 45
each employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in section 31-46
53, as amended by this act, or in lieu thereof, in cash as part of wages 47
each pay day, for each classification of labor in the proposal for the 48
contract and in the contract. The rate and the amount so established 49
shall, at all times, be considered as the minimum rate of wage on an 50 Raised Bill No. 6378
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hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions to an 51
employee welfare fund, or cash in lieu thereof, for the classification for 52
which it was established. Any contractor who pays any person at a 53
lower rate of wage on an hourly basis or the amount of payment or 54
contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any 55
employee welfare fund, as defined in section 31-53, as amended by this 56
act, or where he is not obligated by any agreement to make payment or 57
contributions to the employee welfare funds, as defined in section 31-58
53, as amended by this act, and fails to pay the amount of such payment 59
or contributions directly to the employee as a part of his wages each pay 60
day, than that so established for the classifications of work specified in 61
any such contract shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for 62
each offense. The provisions of this section shall apply only to state 63
highways and bridges on state highways. 64
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 31-53(d)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 31-54
Statement of Purpose:
To codify prevailing wage contract rates.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]