Section 1773.9 Of Article 2. Wages From California Labor Code >> Division 2. >> Part 7. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
1773.9
. (a) The Director of Industrial Relations shall use the
methodology set forth in subdivision (b) to determine the general
prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which the public
work is to be performed.
(b) The general prevailing rate of per diem wages includes all of
the following:
(1) The basic hourly wage rate being paid to a majority of workers
engaged in the particular craft, classification, or type of work
within the locality and in the nearest labor market area, if a
majority of the workers is paid at a single rate. If no single rate
is being paid to a majority of the workers, then the single rate
being paid to the greatest number of workers, or modal rate, is
prevailing. If a modal rate cannot be determined, then the director
shall establish an alternative rate, consistent with the methodology
for determining the modal rate, by considering the appropriate
collective bargaining agreements, federal rates, rates in the nearest
labor market area, or other data such as wage survey data.
(2) Other employer payments included in per diem wages pursuant to
Section 1773.1 and as included as part of the total hourly wage rate
from which the basic hourly wage rate was derived. In the event the
total hourly wage rate does not include any employer payments, the
director shall establish a prevailing employer payment rate by the
same procedure set forth in paragraph (1).
(3) The rate for holiday and overtime work shall be those rates
specified in the collective bargaining agreement when the basic
hourly rate is based on a collective bargaining agreement rate. In
the event the basic hourly rate is not based on a collective
bargaining agreement, the rate for holidays and overtime work, if
any, included with the prevailing basic hourly rate of pay shall be
prevailing.
(c) (1) If the director determines that the general prevailing
rate of per diem wages is the rate established by a collective
bargaining agreement, and that the collective bargaining agreement
contains definite and predetermined changes during its term that will
affect the rate adopted, the director shall incorporate those
changes into the determination. Predetermined changes that are
rescinded prior to their effective date shall not be enforced.
(2) When the director determines that there is a definite and
predetermined change in the general prevailing rate of per diem wages
as described in paragraph (1), but has not published, at the time of
the effective date of the predetermined change, the allocation of
the predetermined change as between the basic hourly wage and other
employer payments included in per diem wages pursuant to Section
1773.1, a contractor or subcontractor may allocate payments of not
less than the amount of the definite and predetermined change to
either the basic hourly wage or other employer payments included in
per diem wages for up to 60 days following the director's publication
of the specific allocation of the predetermined change.
(3) When the director determines that there is a definite and
predetermined change in the general prevailing rate of per diem wages
as described in paragraph (1), but the allocation of that
predetermined change as between the basic hourly wage and other
employer payments included in per diem wages pursuant to Section
1773.1 is subsequently altered by the parties to a collective
bargaining agreement described in paragraph (1), a contractor or
subcontractor may allocate payments of not less than the amount of
the definite and predetermined change in accordance with either the
originally published allocation or the allocation as altered in the
collective bargaining agreement.