TOPICAL OUTLINE OF MASSACHUSETTS PREVAILING WAGE LAW Department of Labor Standards 19 Staniford Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02114 (617) 626-6953 May 14, 2021 Revised: May 14, 2021 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREVAILING WAGE, CONSTRUCTION, M.G.L. C. 149, §§26-27D .................................. 9 Annual Updates .............................................................................................................................................................9 Applicability Determinations – In General ....................................................................................................................9 Apprentices ..................................................................................................................................................................10 Archdiocese of Boston.................................................................................................................................................10 Asbestos Abatement ....................................................................................................................................................10 Benefit Deductions ......................................................................................................................................................11 Bituminous Concrete………………………………………………………………………………………….......... 11 Blended Rate ...............................................................................................................................................................12 Boilers .........................................................................................................................................................................12 Brick, Stone and Pre-Cast Concrete Paving ................................................................................................................12 Bridge Work ................................................................................................................................................................12 Bridges/Tanks Painters ................................................................................................................................................13 Cable Communication Line Installation ......................................................................................................................14 Cable Pulling ...............................................................................................................................................................14 Carpenters – Classification ..........................................................................................................................................14 Carpenters’ Wood Frame Classification ......................................................................................................................14 Cash Fringe Payments and Deductions .......................................................................................................................15 Catch Basin Cleaning ..................................................................................................................................................15 Ceramic Tile Installation .............................................................................................................................................15 Change Orders .............................................................................................................................................................15 Charter Schools ...........................................................................................................................................................15 Clean-up of Construction Job ......................................................................................................................................16 Collective Bargaining Agreements ..............................................................................................................................16 Revised: May 14, 2021 2 Commissions ...............................................................................................................................................................16 Concrete Cutting..........................................................................................................................................................17 Concrete Testing..........................................................................................................................................................17 Concrete Sidewalks…………………………………………………………………………………………………...17 Crushed Stone ..............................................................................................................................................................18 Day Rates.....................................................................................................................................................................18 Deductions ...................................................................................................................................................................18 Deleading.....................................................................................................................................................................20 Derelict Vessels, Removal of ......................................................................................................................................20 Dismantling Work .......................................................................................................................................................20 Districts........................................................................................................................................................................20 “Down-time” ...............................................................................................................................................................20 Drawbridge Operators .................................................................................................................................................20 Duration of Wage Schedule .........................................................................................................................................21 Electrical Equipment Testing ......................................................................................................................................21 Electricians ..................................................................................................................................................................21 Electrostatic Painting ...................................................................................................................................................22 Emergency Projects-Environmental Cleanup ..............................................................................................................22 Energy Retrofit Programs ............................................................................................................................................22 Environmental Clean-up ..............................................................................................................................................22 “Established” Wage Rates ...........................................................................................................................................23 Field Engineers ............................................................................................................................................................23 Fire Alarms/Sprinklers ................................................................................................................................................24 Fuel Delivery ...............................................................................................................................................................25 Funding........................................................................................................................................................................25 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-Funded Projects ....................................................................25 Completion Bond Funding - Municipality Hires Contractor.....................................................................................25 Disaster Recovery Funds..........................................................................................................................................26 Grant Funds .............................................................................................................................................................26 HOME Fund Project .................................................................................................................................................26 HUD Funding - Public Project...................................................................................................................................27 Revised: May 14, 2021 3 Private Contractor, Private Land - Agreement to Redevelop Public Work ..............................................................27 Private Funds - Landfill Closure ...............................................................................................................................27 Private Funds-Private Trust ......................................................................................................................................27