Missouri prevailing wage overhaul sent to governor

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Legislation changing the way mandatory minimum wage is calculated for public construction projects in rural Missouri counties has gone Gov. Jay Nixon.

The so-called prevailing wage for a given trade in a county is calculated based on voluntary surveys collected and submitted by contractors on a public works project.

The bill now would require those wage surveys to be split between union and non-union wages. Then the wage would be set by whichever group, union or non-union, reported more hours of work. If there are no reports for a current year, the wage would then be set by an average of reports from the previous six years.

The House voted 93-64 to pass the measure Monday. The Senate passed the same bill last week.

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Prevailing wage is HB34

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Legislature: http://www.moga.mo.gov