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May 11, 2009
Missouri Prevailing Wage Rates Set
Annual Wage Order No. 16 Now in Effect
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri’s Labor and Industrial Relations Commission announced that Annual Wage Order No. 16 is now in effect establishing the new state prevailing wage rates for all Missouri public works construction projects.
The Annual Wage Order No. 16 contains prevailing wage rates for each occupational title in each county and the city of St. Louis. The prevailing wage is the minimum rate that must be paid to workers on public works construction projects in Missouri. Missouri defines "Public works" as all fixed works constructed for public use or benefit or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds.
"Prevailing wage promotes and protects economic stability,” says Department of Labor Director Larry Rebman. “It is crucial during these tough economic times Missourians working on public-benefiting projects get paid the wages they deserve.”
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Division of Labor Standards is responsible for gathering wage information from public and private commercial construction projects statewide on an ongoing basis from contractors, labor organizations and public entities. The Commission uses wage information to determine wage rates for each of the 26 different occupational titles and their subgroups for every Missouri county and the city of St. Louis. The largest number of hours reported at a given wage rate for the occupational title in the county becomes the prevailing wage rate.
To view Annual Wage Order No. 16 or for additional information, please visit http://www.dolir.mo.gov/ls/prevailingwage/annual_wage.asp#awo. Employees on public work projects who are not receiving prevailing wage rates should file a complaint by e-mailing prevailingwage@dolir.mo.gov or calling (573) 751-3403.
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