Resources for New Jersey prevailing wage contractors

The fringe benefit statement should be filed every time contributions to plans are changed or altered.

In New Jersey, a worker can only be paid an apprentice wage rate if s/he meets two qualifications. First, the worker must have a documentation of the enrollment in an approved apprenticeship program. The approval must come from the United States Department of Labor – Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
Second, the proof of cost and coverage must be maintained and provided if the prevailing wage contractors claims credit for the given fringe benefits. If the prevailing wage worker is not working under an approved apprenticeship program, prevailing wage contractors must pay journeyman rates to the worker.

New Jersey Prevailing Wage Rates may still change from the time of issuance of the wage rate determination to the award of the public works project. To ensure that the prevailing wage rates you are using are accurate, prevailing wage contractors are advised to verify the wage rate for their particular contract with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
If, upon the expiration date of the determination, the new rate has not been published, the previous rate will be considered as the prevailing wage rate. The increases in the pre-determined wage rates listed during the contract must be also be paid to the workers, starting from the specified dates in the contract.

Prevailing Wage New Jersey rates are determined based on the collective bargaining agreement established for trades and crafts within a specific location. To acquire the latest New Jersey prevailing wage rates for a project, prevailing wage contractors must contact the contracting agency.
A copy of the wage determination issued for a particular project must be provided by the public body upon the awarding of the contract. The failure of the public body to post the prevailing wage rate does not excuse contractors from paying the prevailing wage to their workers. Prevailing wage contractors are also required to post the scale of wages in areas where they can be easily seen by their workers.