PRINTER'S NO. 256
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
349
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SMUCKER, EICHELBERGER, FOLMER, VULAKOVICH,
ALLOWAY, AUMENT AND WHITE, JANUARY 28, 2015
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 28, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), entitled
"An act relating to public works contracts; providing for
prevailing wages; imposing duties upon the Secretary of Labor
and Industry; providing remedies, penalties and repealing
existing laws," further providing for duty of secretary.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7 of the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987,
No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, amended
August 9, 1963 (P.L.653, No.342), is amended to read:
Section 7. Duty of Secretary.--The secretary shall, after
consultation with the advisory board, determine the general
prevailing minimum wage rate in the locality in which the public
work is to be performed for each craft or classification of all
workmen needed to perform public work contracts during the
anticipated term thereof: Provided, however, That [employer and
employe contributions for employe benefits pursuant to a bona
fide collective bargaining agreement shall be considered an
integral part of the wage rate for the purpose of determining]
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the minimum wage rate under this act shall be equal to the
average hourly occupational wage for each county as determined
from wage information submitted by employers on quarterly
unemployment compensation tax returns. Nothing in this act,
however, shall prohibit the payment of more than the general
prevailing minimum wage rate to any workman employed on public
work. The secretary shall forthwith give notice by mail of all
determinations of general prevailing minimum wage rates made
pursuant to this section to any representative of any craft, any
employer or any representative of any group of employers, who
shall in writing request the secretary so to do.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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