§ 37-13-11. Posting of prevailing wage rates.
Each contractor or provider awarded a contract for public works or school transportation services with a contract price in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and each subcontractor who performs work on those public works, shall post in conspicuous places on the project, where covered workers are employed, posters that contain the current, prevailing rate of wages and the current, prevailing rate of payments to the funds required to be paid for each craft or type of worker employed to execute the contract as set forth in §§ 37-13-6 and 37-13-7, and the rights and remedies of any employee described in § 37-13-17 for nonpayment of any wages earned pursuant to this chapter. Posters shall be furnished to contractors and subcontractors by the director of labor and training, who shall determine the size and context thereof from time to time, at the time a contract is awarded. A contractor or subcontractor who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall pay to the director of labor and training one hundred dollars ($100) for each calendar day of noncompliance as determined by him or her. Contracts set forth in this section shall not be awarded by the state, any city, town, or any agency thereof until the director of labor and training has prepared and delivered the posters to the division of purchases, if the state or any agency thereof is the proper authority, or to the city, town, or an agency thereof, if it is the proper authority, and the contractor to whom the contract is to be awarded.
History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 290, §§ 9, 10; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-10; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-11; P.L. 1974, ch. 237, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 402, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 292, § 3, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 293, § 3, effective July 9, 2021.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 37 - Public Property and Works
Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors
Section 37-13-1. - Definitions.
Section 37-13-2. - “Contractor” defined — Information required.
Section 37-13-3. - Contractors subject to provisions — Weekly payment of employees.
Section 37-13-3.1. - State public works contract apprenticeship requirements.
Section 37-13-3.2. - Entities subject to provisions — Weekly payment of employees.
Section 37-13-4. - Provisions applicable to public works contracts — Lists of subcontractors.
Section 37-13-5. - Payment for trucking or materials furnished — Withholding of sums due.
Section 37-13-7. - Specification in contract of amount and frequency of payment of wages.
Section 37-13-8. - Investigation and determination of prevailing wages — Filing of schedule.
Section 37-13-9. - Statutory provisions included in contracts.
Section 37-13-10. - Overtime compensation.
Section 37-13-11. - Posting of prevailing wage rates.
Section 37-13-12. - Wage records of contractors and vendors.
Section 37-13-12.1. - Obstruction of enforcement.
Section 37-13-12.2. - Subpoena powers.
Section 37-13-12.3. - Compelling obedience to subpoenas.
Section 37-13-12.4. - Penalty for violations.
Section 37-13-13. - Furnishing payroll record to the awarding authority.
Section 37-13-14. - Contractor’s bond.
Section 37-13-14.1. - Enforcement — Hearings.
Section 37-13-16. - Termination of work on failure to pay agreed wages — Completion of work.
Section 37-13-17. - Private right of action to collect wages or benefits.