§ 37-13-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Public works” means any public work consisting of grading, clearing, demolition, improvement, completion, repair, alteration, or construction of any public road or any bridge, or portion thereof, or any public building, or portion thereof, or any heavy construction, or any public works projects of any nature […]
§ 37-13-10. Overtime compensation. Labor performed under the provisions of §§ 37-13-1 — 37-13-16, during the period of forty (40) hours in any one week and during the period of eight (8) hours in any one day, shall be considered a legal week’s work or a legal day’s work, as the case may be, and […]
§ 37-13-11. Posting of prevailing wage rates. Each contractor or provider awarded a contract for public works or school transportation services with a contract price in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and each subcontractor who performs work on those public works, shall post in conspicuous places on the project, where covered workers are employed, […]
§ 37-13-12. Wage records of contractors and vendors. Each contractor, vendor, or provider awarded a contract with a contract price in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for public works or school transportation services, and each subcontractor who performs work on those public works, shall keep an accurate record showing the name, occupation, and actual […]
§ 37-13-12.1. Obstruction of enforcement. Any effort of any employer to obstruct the director and his or her authorized representatives in the performance of their duties shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and punishable as such. History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 141, § 2.
§ 37-13-12.2. Subpoena powers. The director and his or her authorized representatives shall have power to administer oaths and examine witnesses under oath, issue subpoenas, subpoenas duces tecum, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, accounts, records, payrolls, documents, and testimony, and to take depositions and affidavits in any proceeding before […]
§ 37-13-12.3. Compelling obedience to subpoenas. In case of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued, or subpoena duces tecum, or on the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which he or she may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of the superior court, or […]
§ 37-13-12.4. Penalty for violations. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any employer who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand […]
§ 37-13-13. Furnishing payroll record to the awarding authority. (a) Every contractor, subcontractor, vendor, or provider awarded a contract for public works or school transportation services as defined by this chapter shall furnish a certified copy of his, her, or its payroll records of his, her, or its employees employed on the project to the […]
§ 37-13-13.1. Audits of wage records of out-of-state contractors, subcontractors, and providers. Out-of state contractors, subcontractors, vendors, or providers who perform work on public works or provide school transportation services, in this state authorize the director of labor and training to conduct wage and hour audits of their payroll records pursuant to the provisions of […]
§ 37-13-14. Contractor’s bond. The state or any city, town, agency, or committee therein awarding contracts for public works shall require the contractor awarded a contract with a contract price in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for public works to file with the proper authority good and sufficient bond with surety furnished by any […]
§ 37-13-14.1. Enforcement — Hearings. (a) Before issuing an order or determination, the director of labor and training shall order a hearing thereon at a time and place to be specified, and shall give notice thereof, together with a copy of the complaint or the purpose thereof, or a statement of the facts disclosed upon […]
§ 37-13-15. Review. (a) There is hereby created an appeals board which shall be comprised of three (3) members who shall be appointed by the governor; provided, however, that each member of the appeals board shall have at least five (5) years experience with prevailing wage rates as they apply to the construction industry. The […]
§ 37-13-16. Termination of work on failure to pay agreed wages — Completion of work. (a) Every public works contract within the scope of this chapter shall contain the further provision that in the event it is found by the director of labor and training that any employee employed by the contractor or any subcontractor […]
§ 37-13-17. Private right of action to collect wages or benefits. (a) An employee or former employee, or any organization representing such an employee or former employee, of a contractor or subcontractor may bring a civil action for a violation of § 37-13-7 for appropriate injunctive relief, or actual damages, or both within three (3) […]
§ 37-13-2. “Contractor” defined — Information required. The term “contractor” as used in this chapter shall mean the bidder whose bid has been accepted by an authorized agency or awarding authority as the bidder possessing the skills, ability, and integrity necessary to the faithful performance of the contract or work, and who shall certify that […]
§ 37-13-3. Contractors subject to provisions — Weekly payment of employees. All contractors, who have been awarded contracts for public works by an awarding agency or authority of the state or of any city, town, committee, or by any person or persons therein, in which state or municipal funds are used and of which the […]
§ 37-13-3.1. State public works contract apprenticeship requirements. Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, all general contractors and subcontractors who perform work on any public works contract awarded by the state after passage of this act and valued at one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more shall employ apprentices required for the performance of the awarded […]
§ 37-13-3.2. Entities subject to provisions — Weekly payment of employees. All persons, firms, corporations, or other entities who or that have been awarded school transportation service contracts by an awarding agency or authority of the state or of any city, town, committee, or by any person or persons therein, in which state or municipal […]
§ 37-13-4. Provisions applicable to public works contracts — Lists of subcontractors. All public works shall be done by contract, subject to the same provisions of law relating thereto and to the letting thereof, which are applicable to similar contracts of the awarding authority or authorized agency, hereinafter called the “proper authority”, in the general […]
