110.1 Wage Rates (Guidance for Sec 110.1)
Contractors on MoDOT projects are required to pay the appropriate state or federal prevailing hourly wage rate for any craft or type of worker required to perform the work, except when expressly provided by the contract document.
The state and federal wage rates are posted on MoDOT’s website. MoDOT will post the applicable wage rates 10 days prior to the bid opening. In instances where the wage rates change within the 10-day window, MoDOT will not update the wage rates since doing so will not provide contractors sufficient time to accommodate the revised wage order in their bids.
To view the wage rates for a specific letting on MoDOT's website, select the desired letting date, click the "Submit" button and then proceed to State Wage Rates and Current Federal Wage Rates. The full wage order must be posted on the bulletin board or may be kept in the job trailer or in the foreman's truck for employee inspection. Employees should be made aware where the complete wage order is kept if the entire packet is not posted on the bulletin board. In lieu of placing the complete wage order on the bulletin board, the contractor can create a spreadsheet (a one page document) that shows the wages for the county in which the project is located. This would include listing each of the crafts along with the appropriate wage that is to be paid under the contract for each craft. In addition, at the bottom of the one page document, the contractor must indicate where on the project the complete wage order may be found.
The resident engineer or delegated representative is responsible for monitoring compliance with the wage rate laws at the project level. Wage Rate Compliance Checks (WRCC) shall be performed on active projects when applicable. WRCC consist of two major items: Reviewing Payrolls and Wage Rate Interviews.
Payrolls, wage rate interviews and all other labor compliance related documents are to be kept in the resident engineer's office for the duration of the project. Paperless payrolls that are submitted electronically are stored on a server. After project completion, payrolls shall be stored for a period of three years.
To ensure compliance there are three areas of quality assurance that are performed:
- Training. A yearly payroll training will be conducted for all Administrative Technicians or other designees that perform the payroll reviews in project offices. A payroll training review course is also available through MOVERS for new hires and as a refresher for existing employees.
- Quality Assurance. The final plans processor in each district will select one job every 6 months from each project office to review. They will be checking payrolls, wage rate compliance, C-220s and other pertinent items.
- RE review. A wage interview report is generated monthly indicating the number of wage interviews required vs. performed for each contract. This report is generated by the Administrative Technician (or as assigned by the RE) and sent to the Resident Engineer. The compliance report should be forwarded to the project inspectors when one or more contracts are falling behind schedule.