Prevailing wage changes announced

By: Justin Carinci//January 25, 2010//

Prevailing wage changes announced

Justin Carinci//January 25, 2010//

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Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian has announced rate survey contractors fill out each year.

Avakian had been weighing the recommendations 辞蹿听Prevailing Wage Advisory Committee leading up to the announcement.

The changes get rid of the “peak week” that was used for setting prevailing wages and eliminate the need for certain trades in certain areas to fill out surveys.

Instead of compiling data from a single week, the new survey will collect data from four predetermined weeks.

Another change assumes that trades in regions that have prevailed for at least three consecutive years will continue to prevail, unless the commissioner receives evidence that something has changed.