Dear Compliance Man,<\/p>\n
My husband is a heavy equipment operator for a company based in New England.\u00a0Almost all the roadwork that they do is in Massachusetts, but he only receives the rate for\u00a0our state, which is lower. Is he entitled to the MA rate when he is working there?<\/p>\n
–An Inquiring Wife<\/p>\n
Dear Inquiring Wife,<\/p>\n
Yes. Regardless of the worker\u2019s state of residence, union status, or employer\u2019s business\u00a0location, when working on public projects in Massachusetts, he is entitled to the full\u00a0prevailing wage set for that project<\/a>. Don\u2019t let the boss play games with your husband\u2019s\u00a0pay.\u00a0While the contractor may deduct for legitimate programs such as health and welfare or\u00a0pension, etc., the entire package<\/em> must add up to the full prevailing wage set for that trade.<\/p>\n The actual rate is supposed to be posted at the job site but more often it can be found\u00a0inside the Clerk of the Works\u2019 trailer. You can also call us for the specific project rate.\u00a0Most importantly, be sure that your husband keeps a log book<\/a> of all of his projects along\u00a0with hours worked, plus all paystubs. We\u2019ll send you a log book free of charge or you can download a simple log book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more commonly asked Compliance Man questions, visit the\u00a0Compliance Man archives<\/a>. Send your question to\u00a0info@ffcm.org<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Compliance Man, My husband is a heavy equipment operator for a company based in New England.\u00a0Almost all the roadwork that they do is in Massachusetts, but he only receives the rate for\u00a0our state, which is lower. Is he entitled to the MA rate when he is working there? –An Inquiring Wife Dear Inquiring Wife, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[39,38,40],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compliance-man","tag-massachusetts-company","tag-prevailing-wage","tag-public-projects","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1474,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions\/1474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}