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l.;UMM4~NI~Y !\~KL~ (1UL,~ 114N; <br />1) WhNt tiit' "~rCviiiling w~9~; [t~t4S~„ <br />A. E~ievailing waye r~it~~ is the minimum wage, includiny innye benetits, to he paid workers employed on <br />contract ; to~ public works. Diiferent rates are est~rblished for specific trades and specific geographic.~~l <br />areas- <br />;~~ Wlir~~ nitis( i>t' 4>tiil~ °Ur4viiilin~ w~~C rs3145~„ <br />l111 ein{~I~~y~,~,.; c~t ~~ <<~~nli~~ctoi ~~r s~.ibc~~ntr~rct~~r enga~~u<1 on ^ publi~: works projer.t when the t~~tal pricc ~~t <br />ihe pio~ecl is 52~i,000 or rYiore must receive r~t Ie~~sl the prevailinc~ wage iate (PWfi) for time workecl on tl~~~ <br />~uo~ect, unless otherwise P.xenipt. <br />Ottir.e/clr~nc~il eit~{~I~~yees and suF~ervisory eiYiE~luyees whu are supervisory only and du not peitorm any <br />I~~inds ori labor aie uut required to be paid the PWR. /\ porson who owns 43nd operates his/her ~wn tiuck ~,i~ <br />con:Uuction ~~ro~ects (Owner/OpF~ratoi) is not rcquired to be paid the PWR. This does not fnclude <br />owner aperator, of any other type of equipment such as bulidozer, scrapers, backhoes, cranes, drillinc~ rigs, <br />or welding machines. <br />3i WI)at ~l~)44lt C4I1t~c14lS wl~(~n_F~~~r~l_f4~nC1~ s~!:S: u~ti'S~? <br />When more than $2,000 of federal funds are involved, the contract is 4~~~~Ily si,ibject to the provisions of <br />the federal Davis~C3acon Act, not Oregon PWR statutes. (Further information may be obtained from the U-S. <br />Department c~t Labor, Waye and Hour Division, Portland, Orec~on (503 326 3057).) In the event tV~iat teder~+l <br />funcis are involved, but the contract is not regulated under the Davis E3acon Act, Oregon's prevailing wage <br />rate statutes niay apply (ORS 279.348 279.3801. 4rCg4~].~L~t~I~~~rY~inir~_Y4 Qv~r~im~ r~~uir~men~~ <br />~E~ply 4n t~4th st<~t~ ~nd f~ci~rally r~9S~~~2~~1 ~~r~tr~~1~. 14R~_27~,~~_4!, <br />~l) I 514~!~l ii4iv4 si l}4ii;iqn i~in41,. H4W ~4 ~ 44j1~U~4jt4 friiiy4 ~4n4fiIS? <br />Workers mu-st receive at a rninimui7~ the sum ot the basir hourly rate plus all fringe benefits for each hour <br />worked on ~3 public works contract. Fringe t~enefitt; m~~y be paid either to a third parry trust account or ni <br />cash ciir~~ctly to tlii~ worker. <br />`;1 My ~ii~{~IoY445 «~:4!~~ h~~lth f~et~4fil~. ~4 I 94l Gr~~Cii1 f4r th~ li~~jitli t~Gn4fit wf~~n l_~~[~Par~ my ~~ayrgll ~~r~ ,;3 <br />I)~1111G `%~!4Ck, };~f4JC-4t? <br />Yc~s. f~ny expenditures an ei7~ployer makes for bona tide employee benetits can be charged against the <br />iringe benefit payments designated in the prevailing wagc rate booklet. To learn how to compute the <br />~.orrect houily charge, call the Waye and Fiour Division (503 731 40741. <br />6) Whsjl ii (hC 4~n}~19Y~~~ ~jr4 li4] p"sjic~ 4n ai? hqurly l~a~is? <br />l~II wnrkers inust iecr~ive at least the hasu: liourly rate of wag~ and tnn~~e benefits for eacli hour wotkeri ~~n <br />the ~~~o~ect. It an einployee is paid other than on an hourly ba>is, ti~ie equivalenl I~ourly rr~te (for botl~ wat~~~~~. <br />;~n~1 innye benetit>) i7~usl still be at Icast ~~quul to tlie ial~~s published. <br />II Vi~w t1U ~ 4~t~a.~ify YY4lkSrl~? <br />Virtually all ~~t the ~ol~ classifications/lrade> nunnally used in th~~ non residenUal con;truction industty are <br />re~~resented I~y tlie job clas>ifications used in tl~is PWR publication. These classificalion tiUes should bc <br />use~1 ~~ccording to coirimon practice. If you neecl resicJential ronstruction rates, or it you have ~~uestions <br />r~t~out I~~~w to classlfy workers, contact the Prevailing Wag~~ R~te Cooidinator at (503) 731~4074. <br />Lal~orers wlio elo basic work requinny no specific skil~s, traininy, ot knowledye are generally classified as <br />Gro~ip 1 Lahorers. Wote that Landsca~~ers are classified as l.aborers, and Ornarriental Ironworkers are <br />classitied <is Ironworkers.) <br />inrviin~rv 7 i<i~7 PAGF 3 <br />