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as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/09/2017 08:11am

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A bill for an act
 relating to labor and industry; modifying journeyworker wage rate determination;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 178.044, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 178.044, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Journeyworker wage rate.

If the apprentice is not covered by a collective
bargaining agreement, the journeyworker wage rate upon which the apprenticeship agreement
graduated schedule of wages is calculated shall be:

(1) deleted text begin the most current Minnesota state prevailing wage rate determination for the same
trade or occupation in the county in which the apprentice's employer is located. If an
apprenticeship agreement entered into after January 1, 2015, does not specify fringe benefits,
the journeyworker wage rate upon which the apprentice wage rate is calculated must be the
total rate listed in the wage determinationdeleted text end new text begin at minimum, an average of all journeyworkers
currently employed by the sponsoring company at the same location where the apprentices
are employed. When employed on a public work project financed in whole or part by state
funds, apprentices shall be paid a portion of the prevailing wage ratenew text end ; or

(2) if there is no Minnesota prevailing wage rate determination for the same trade or
occupation in the county in which the apprentice's employer is located, the journeyworker
wage may be determined by the sponsor with the approval of the division.