CT SB00350

Eliminates requirement for Labor Commissioner to hold hearings to determine prevailing wage rates and instead mandates adoption of rates established in dominant collective bargaining agreements for the same work in the same trade or occupation in the relevant town.

When multiple collective bargaining agreements exist for a trade or occupation in a town, the dominant agreement prevails; when no agreement exists, the Labor Commissioner adopts prevailing wage rate determinations made by the U.S. Secretary of Labor under the Davis-Bacon Act.

Removes the hearing requirement from prevailing wage determinations for highway contracts and applies the same collective bargaining agreement-based approach to highway and bridge construction projects.

Establishes penalty of up to $200 per offense for contractors who pay workers below established prevailing wage rates or fail to pay required employee welfare fund contributions as part of wages each pay day.

Effective date of October 1, 2020 for amendments to Connecticut General Statutes sections 31-53(d) and 31-54.