WASHINGTON
5)
What is included in the calculation of wage rates?
A.) The rate of hourly wage, usual benefits, and
overtime paid in the locality. (RCW 39.12.010)
B.) The "usual benefits" for the purposes of this
chapter shall include the amount of:(a) The rate of contribution
irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor to a trustee
or to a third person pursuant to a fund, plan, or program; and(b)
The rate of costs to the contractor or subcontractor which may
be reasonably anticipated in providing benefits to workers,
laborers, and mechanics pursuant to an enforceable commitment
to carry out a financially responsible plan or program which
was communicated in writing to the workers, laborers, and mechanics
affected, for medical or hospital care, pensions on retirement
or death, compensation for injuries or illness resulting from
occupational activity, or insurance to provide any of the foregoing,
for unemployment benefits, life insurance, disability and sickness
insurance, or accident insurance, for vacation and holiday pay,
for defraying costs of apprenticeship or other similar programs,
or for other bona fide fringe benefits, but only where the contractor
or subcontractor is not required by other federal, state, or
local law to provide any of such benefits. (RCW 39.12.010)
