Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Workforce Development › DWD 290-294 - Public Works Construction Contracts › Chapter DWD 290 - Contracts For Construction Of Public Works › Section DWD 290.015 - Collecting and compiling wage rate information

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ANNUAL SURVEY.
				For the purpose of making prevailing wage rate determinations, the department
				shall conduct an annual survey of employers and compile the prevailing wage
				rate for each trade or occupation in each area. The survey shall consist of
				forms mailed by the department to employers or an electronic survey application
				for completion and return.
Note:
The form referred to in this subsection
				  may be obtained from the Department of Workforce Development, Equal Rights
				  Division, P. O. Box 8928, Madison, WI 53708.
(2) SURVEY DEADLINE. The department shall
				include a deadline date on the forms sent to employers. A survey form shall be
				accepted for initial compilation if it is received at the department's offices
				with a postmark or an electronic filing date that is on or before the deadline
				date and it is properly completed.
(3) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. If the
				sum of the hourly basic rate of pay and allowable hourly contributions rate in
				a collective bargaining agreement that has been filed with the department for
				the current survey period is equal to the sum of the hourly basic rate of pay
				and hourly contributions rate that is found to prevail in a particular area for
				that particular trade or occupation on that particular type of work and the
				majority of hours used to determine the prevailing wage rates were submitted
				under a collective bargaining agreement, the department shall include in its
				determinations any future contractual increase or decrease provided for in the
				collective bargaining agreement or a successor agreement, that is filed before
				January 1 of the calendar year following the end of the survey period. The
				department, upon request, shall also include in its determinations any future
				contractual increase or decrease in overtime and premium pay, with the
				exception of height pay, pay for work with particular products, shift
				differential, and supervisory pay.
(4) CORRECTIONS. The department may correct
				errors in compiling data from the completed surveys, based upon its own
				determination or its inquiry to an employer.
(5) INSUFFICIENT DATA. If the wage rate data
				which the department may consider from all sources is insufficient to determine
				the prevailing wage rate for a particular trade or occupation in a particular
				area or for a particular type of project, the department may consider wage rate
				data compiled for a similar trade or occupation.
(6) INITIAL DETERMINATIONS AND RECALCULATION
				REQUESTS.
(a) The department shall issue its
				initial prevailing wage determinations based on the annual survey. Any person
				may request a recalculation of any portion of an initial determination, based
				upon the submission of the evidence required by s.
				66.0903(3)
				(bm), 66.0904(4) (d), or
				103.49(3)
				(b), 2009 Stats., if the request and the
				accompanying evidence are received at the department's offices within 30 days
				after the initial determination date.
(b) The department will accept a
				recalculation request on the basis of evidence that the employer did not
				receive a survey, that the employer properly mailed a survey form which the
				department did not receive, or that the survey data previously submitted was
				erroneous. A recalculation request will not be granted for the consideration of
				data that could have been submitted as a part of the annual survey but was not
				submitted on time.
Note:
The department is required to affirm or
				  modify the initial determination within 15 days after the date on which the
				  department receives the request for recalculation. Sections
				  66.0903(3)
				  (bm), 66.0904(4) (d), and
				  103.49(3)
				  (b), 2009 Stats.