MICHIGAN
1)
When is the prevailing wage rate used?
A.) Every contract executed between a contracting
agent and a successful bidder as contractor and entered into
pursuant to advertisement and invitation to bid for a state
project which requires or involves the employment of construction
mechanics, other than those subject to the jurisdiction of the
state civil service commission, and which is sponsored or financed
in whole or in part by the state shall contain an express term
that the rates of wages and fringe benefits to be paid to each
class of mechanics by the bidder and all of his subcontractors,
shall be not less than the wage and fringe benefit rates prevailing
in the locality in which the work is to be performed. (408.552
Contracts for state projects; minimum wage provisions, exceptions.)
B.) Prevailing wage rates are those contractors
must pay employees working on state projects, unless federal
funds are involved. They apply to construction trades workers
on construction projects contracted by the state, a state agency
or institution, a school district or college and paid for by
state funds or state-supported bonds. (Department of Labor and
Economic Growth)
