Prevailing Wage Mechanics
- The Subzone administrator informs the prospective benefiting business
of JOBZ prevailing wage requirement as stated in Section IV, L. of
the model Business Subsidy Agreement.
- The Subzone administrator informs the prospective benefiting business
that the relevant Minnesota prevailing wage statute is 116J.871 and
recommends that the business include the following language, or equivalent,
in bid packages and construction contracts: “Minnesota Statutes,
Section 116J.871 applies to this project. The statute requires recipients
of state assistance to pay the prevailing wage rates to laborers
and mechanics at the project site.”
- The Subzone administrator provides the following certification
language, or equivalent, to the business to send to the Commissioner
of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry: “I name, on behalf
of business name, certify that laborers and mechanics at the project
site during construction, installation, remodeling, and repairs for
which JOBZ sales tax exemptions will be provided will be paid the
prevailing wage rate as defined in M.S. Section 177.42, subdivision
6.”
- The Subzone administrator provides the prospective benefiting
business and, if necessary, its contractor with the prevailing wage
webpage of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, www.doli.state.mn.us/pw_rates.html to
find the appropriate wage rates.
