Common use of Payment of Prevailing Wage Clause in Contracts

Payment of Prevailing Wage. A. The State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, has ascertained the general prevailing rate of wages and employer payments for health and welfare, vacation, pension, and similar purposes applicable to the field work to be done, including mapping and surveying, geotechnical investigation, potholing and traffic control services. Per Labor Code 1720, these rates shall be the minimum wage rates for this project. These rates are on file with the City of Lancaster and copies will be made available to any interested party upon request. Attention is directed to the provisions of Section 1777.5 (Chapter 1411, Statutes of 1968) and Section 1777.6 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the CONSULTANT or any subcontractor under him. Section 1777.5, as amended, requires the CONSULTANT or subcontractor employing tradesmen in any apprenticeable occupation to apply to the joint apprenticeship committee nearest the site of the public works project and which administers the apprenticeship program in that trade for a certificate of approval. The certificate will also fix the ratio of apprentices to journeymen that will be used in the performance of the contract. The ratio of apprentices to journeymen in such cases shall not be less than one to five except:

Payment of Prevailing Wage. A. The State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, has ascertained the general prevailing rate of wages and employer payments for health and welfare, vacation, pension, and similar purposes applicable to the field work to be done, including mapping and surveying, geotechnical investigation, traffic control, and potholing and traffic control services. Per Labor Code 1720, these These rates shall be the minimum wage rates for this project. These rates are on file with the City of Lancaster and copies will be made available to any interested party upon request. Attention is directed to the provisions of Section 1777.5 (Chapter 1411, Statutes of 1968) and Section 1777.6 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the CONSULTANT or any subcontractor under him. Section 1777.5, as amended, requires the CONSULTANT or subcontractor employing tradesmen in any apprenticeable occupation to apply to the joint apprenticeship committee nearest the site of the public works project and which administers the apprenticeship program in that trade for a certificate of approval. The certificate will also fix the ratio of apprentices to journeymen that will be used in the performance of the contract. The ratio of apprentices to journeymen in such cases shall not be less than one to five except: