1) When is the prevailing wage rate used?
2) What is the definition of a public works or related projects?
3) Are there project monetary thresholds?
4) Are any types of projects specifically exempted?
5) What is included in the calculation of wage rates?
6) Who calculates the prevailing wage rates?
7) Enforcement: what are the penalties for violations? Criminal or fines?
8) Can contractors be debarred?
9) Are there posting requirements?
10) Does the agency retain any fines for enforcement (i.e. an enforcement fund)?
11) Record Maintenance?
12) Are there any provisions which discuss apprentices?



MINNESOTA
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1) When is the prevailing wage rate used?

Prevailing wage, established in Minnesota in 1973, is a system under which contractors and subcontractors doing work on construction projects that are partly or entirely paid for with state funds are required to pay their employees no less than a particular amount determined by the Department of Labor and Industry to be the "prevailing wage" for that particular employee's job and for the location where the work is being done.
REFERENCES

1.) Minnesota House of Representatives
* This is an informative web-site which gives information about Minnesota's Prevailing Wage Law. The information provided is stated as fact, but not as pieces of a law.

2.) Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Brochure
* This is an informative brochure produced by the Minnesota Department of Labor to educate employers as well as the general public on the Minnesota Prevailing Wage Laws.


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