HF 478: Requiring the payment of local prevailing wage rates to persons working on public improvements for public bodies, providing remedies and penalties, and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill requires a contractor to pay workers the same hourly wage plus fringe benefits for a public improvement costing more than $25,000 as prevails in the locality of the public improvement. The bill allows the per-hour wage rate to be based on what is normally paid in the area by contractors for similar projects, and to be adjusted on a yearly basis by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing (department). The wage rates that the workers must be paid shall also include benefits such as medical care, life insurance, overtime pay, and vacation and holiday pay.

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: IBEW Iowa State Conference

In plain words

1. February 19, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Labor and Workforce committee