MASSACHUSETTS
6)
Who calculates the prevailing wage rates?
A.) Permanent and temporary laborers employed
by the state department of highways and by the metropolitan
district commission shall receive such salary or compensation
as may be fixed under and in accordance with sections forty-five
to fifty inclusive of chapter thirty.
* This information is taken from the Massachusetts
General Laws, Chapter 149, Section 26.
B.) Prevailing wage rates are set by DOS based
upon the rates established in local collective bargaining contracts.
DOS also determines whether the prevailing wage applies to a
given public works project.
* This information is taken from the web-site
for the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Tom Reilly.
This particular section is included in the introductory paragraph,
which is before the Q & A section.
