PRINTER'S NO. 1394
No. 1222 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, TRELLO, DOMBROWSKI, COHEN, COLAFELLA,
KASUNIC, CORRIGAN, PRESSMANN, TIGUE, LaGROTTA, YANDRISEVITS,
KOSINSKI, STABACK, PISTELLA, WIGGINS, LEVDANSKY, MICHLOVIC,
MARKOSEK, COWELL, PETRONE, VAN HORNE, MELIO, VEON, BELARDI
AND DALEY, APRIL 29, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, APRIL 29, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), entitled
2 "An act relating to public works contracts; providing for
3 prevailing wages; imposing duties upon the Secretary of Labor
4 and Industry; providing remedies, penalties and repealing
5 existing laws," requiring contractors and subcontractors to
6 submit employee wage records to the department; providing
7 that records so submitted shall be public records; and
8 extending the time within which actions for wages may be
9 instituted.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Sections 6 and 13 of the act of August 15, 1961
13 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage
14 Act, are amended to read:
15 Section 6. Duty of Contractor.--(a) Every contractor and
16 subcontractor shall keep an accurate record showing the name,
17 craft and the actual hourly rate of wage paid to each workman
18 employed by him in connection with public work, and such record
19 shall be preserved for two years from date of payment. The
20 record shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection
1 of the public body awarding the contract and to the secretary.
2 (b) At the time of completion of the contract, every
3 contractor and subcontractor shall submit to the department a
4 final certification of compliance with this act, together with a
5 copy of the record showing the name, craft and the actual hourly
6 rate of wage paid to each workman employed by him in connection
7 with the public work. The record so submitted shall be a public
8 record under and subject to the act of June 21, 1957 (P.L.390,
9 No.212), referred to as the Right-to-Know Law.
10 Section 13. Workmen's Rights.--Any workmen paid less than
11 the rates specified in the contract shall have a right of action
12 for the difference between the wage so paid and the wages
13 stipulated in the contract, which right of action shall be
14 instituted within [six months] one year from the occurrence of
15 the event creating such right.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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