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Melanie Taylor, project manager with The Boldt Company, discusses the restoration of the Memorial Union in 2014. Proposed legislation would no longer require such projects to pay a prevailing wage set by the state.
AMBER ARNOLD — State Journal archivesWisconsin’s Republican-run Legislature is poised to eliminate an 80-year-old requirement that workers on local and state government building and road projects be paid a prevailing wage set by the state.
Rep. Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield
Office of Rep. Rob HuttonUnder Wisconsin's prevailing wage laws, the state Department of Workforce Development sets the wages paid on state and local government contracts for more than 200 job categories and multiple types of projects for each of Wisconsin's 72 counties. The rates are based on a survey of private employers.
The requirement applies to public projects costing $48,000 or more that primarily involve a single labor trade. Projects with workers from multiple trades are subject to the law if they exceed $100,000.
The exception is for projects financed by communities with fewer than 2,500 people or by towns of any size. In those cases, the prevailing wage requirement kicks in when projects cost more than $234,000.
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Melanie Taylor, project manager with The Boldt Company, discusses the restoration of the Memorial Union in 2014. Proposed legislation would no longer require such projects to pay a prevailing wage set by the state.
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