Was that a mistake or intentional? With all the taxpayer funded welfare going out to the ISPs, I can see a "well meaning bureaucrat" intentionally putting the wording in to get some of the welfare back to those workers controlling the "means of production"
well meaning bureaucrat - commie means of production - commie speak On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 8:10 AM <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > There’s a new rule in NY State: > https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/a5608 > > > https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/12/enforcement-guidance-roadway-excavation-quality-assurance-act-update-3.pdf > > > > 'a "Covered excavation project" shall mean construction work for which a > permit may be issued to a contractor or subcontractor of a utility company > by the state, a county or a municipality to *use*, excavate, or open a > street. ' > > > > Intentionally or not, they put the word “use” in that sentence. The DOL > issued that enforcement guidance saying it means any time you are working > “in, on, or under” a street. Basically, if you’re working as a contractor > on a job that needs any kind of permit from a state, local, or county to > work in their ROW then you have to pay prevailing wage. That’s regardless > of whether it’s a state job or not. This does not apply to in-house > employees or work outside the ROW. This is going to cause some waves for a > lot of us in NY State. > > > > If I can get the “prevailing” $54/hour as a lineman on almost every job, > then I might quit this “Network Engineering” thing and just be a builder. > > > > So where do federal and state labor departments get their data to > determine “prevailing wage”? I have never met a tradesman of any sort who > made prevailing wage outside of when the government mandates it, and I have > never understood how it was “prevailing” if nobody seems to actually get > that wage. Is it a selection bias issue like maybe they’re only getting > data from large union shops? > > > > -Adam > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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